Our Healing Adviser is stepping down, and we are looking for a new person to take on this important role.
Healing is integral to the good news of Jesus Christ. The role of the Diocesan Healing Adviser within our diocese is to encourage, support and resource healing ministry, with understanding, expertise and commitment, and to maintain and develop links with other dioceses and denominations so that we continually learn, share and challenge ourselves.
Alongside the Diocesan Healing Advisory Group, the Diocesan Healing Adviser (DHA) will work to:
- support and encourage lay and clergy within our parishes and diocesan staff team, in the Anglican understanding of Christ's work of wholeness, health and healing for individuals, churches and communities.
- help others in the wider Church and society to understand and engage with matters of wholeness and healing
- engage with a broad range of partners, including other Diocesan Advisers with complementary roles, other Christian and secular organisations (including medical / scientific) and churches across different denominations
This role is ultimately accountable to the Bishop of Bath and Wells. The Adviser will meet with either the Bishop of Bath and Wells, or the Bishop of Taunton, annually so that they can be updated on healing ministry across the diocese.
The role sits within the Deanery and Parish Support Team (DAPS Team) and so the Adviser will meet regularly with a member of the team for ongoing support and accountability. The Adviser works with the Diocesan Healing Advisory Group, discussing and agreeing the work, to benefit from a range of approaches and understandings of healing in the Anglican context, and ensuring that it can be delivered. Work will be done by agreement. Travel and other expenses can be claimed in agreement with the Head of Deanery and Parish Support.
This is a flexible role, in line with the needs of the role and of the post-holder’s wider context. As guidance, the minimum average expectation is 2 days a month. The appointment is for three years, with an option to renew if the post holder and Bishop are in agreement. For an informal chat about the role please email Caroline Bruce, Deanery and Parish Development Adviser.
To apply for the role, please complete the application form which can be downloaded below.
The closing date for applications is: Tuesday 28 January 2025, 8.00 am. Interviews will be held on: Thursday 13 February 2025.