Staff Care and Wellbeing: Principles & Processes

Not running in 2024-25

This course is targetted at those who have responsibility for the welfare of staff and volunteers in a variety of contexts. It explores principles of staff care and wellbeing in mission agencies, churches, and other organisations, with special consideration of their organisational and cultural contexts. The biblical and theological foundations of member care as well as key principles and processes within staff care and wellbeing are examined. Existing models of care are evaluated, and aspects such as suffering and risk, spiritual formation, resilience, and the relationship between HR, member care and wellbeing are explored.

Those accessing Advanced Short Courses will be provided with relevant reading materials and other information to enable their full participation in the course.

ASC participants are not required to complete an assignment and will receive a certificate of participation on completion of the course.

Course Tutor

Sarah Hay

BSc, Chartered Member of Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development. Lecturer and Member Care Specialist.

Library Resources

All Nations has one of the finest mission libraries in the country with over 50,000 volumes, over 12,000 eBooks and a wide range of journals and audio visual material.

For remote access students, readings are supplied by college online and any additional reading you would like from our library catalogue may be accessed by emailing our librarian.

What Students Say

“Thank you for providing this online! I liked that it was weekly, so I had time to read and process my thoughts during the week, and balance it with other responsibilities.”

“The module has helped to deepen my understanding of MC/SCW and to think about what it looks like in my organisation”

“I'm very thankful for this course (and for the resources that were recommended that I can use for further study)”