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Accreditation & Certification
All Chaplains who have worked in General Practice for at least a year are strongly encouraged to demonstrate the professional nature of their work either through ACGP initial Accreditation and annual Re-Accreditation, or through ACGP initial Certification and annual Re-Certification.

Accreditation / Re-Accreditation

Accreditation is available to Chaplains who have already worked in Primary Healthcare Chaplaincy for more than 6 hours a week for at least a year.

Successful applicants will become Accredited Practitioners.

The application forms below will guide you through the process of either initial Accreditation or subsequent annual Re-Accreditation.

We are currently in the process of updating our Accreditation application form to an online process, which we hope to be available for submissions in subsequent years. This year, however, we will continue to use the Word Document version of the Accreditation application form below:

Accreditation Application Form

We hope to update all of our application forms to an online process soon, but for the moment this is just occuring for our Accreditation form. For Re-accreditation, please fill out the Word Document in the link below:

Re-Accreditation Application Form

Certification / Re-Certification

Certification is available to Chaplains who have already worked in Primary Healthcare Chaplaincy for less than 6 hours a week for at least a year.

Certification is also available for those working more than 6 hours a week and choose not to apply for Accreditation. Successful applicants will become Certified Practitioners.

The application form below will guide you through both the Certification and Re-Certification process.

We hope to update all of our application forms to an online process soon, but for the moment this is just occuring for our Accreditation form. For Certification or Re-certification, please fill out the Word Document in the link below:

Certification Application Form

Helpful Info

You may find the following helpful to refer to during your application:

Spiritual Care Competences Framework for Primary Care Chaplains

UK Board of Healthcare Chaplaincy - Code of Conduct for Healthcare Chaplains 2024

Other Examples of Chaplaincy Activity with Corresponding Competences - Word Document version
 


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