Visit each of these links and read the material on
the pages and websites they bring up. It is advised to visit and read
each one more than once. It is hoped that there will be questions you
may have, and these can be searched online or you can ask your mentor
to explain or answer your questions.
These resources have
not been created by or for us, but exist in the public realm on the
internet. Copyright where it exists belongs to the copyright holder.
The links are here in one place to allow our clergy to use them as
required. Credits where known have been acknowledged.
Guidelines for Good Practice in Pastoral Care
https://www.pastoralcareuk.org/public/docs/pastoral-care/PCUK_Guidelines_for_Good_Practice_in_PC_Rev_20.09.pdf
Dealing with Trauma
By Gordon L. Wilson, from the Methodist Church
http://www.methodist.org.uk/downloads/pc_traumaart0105.pdf
Dealing with Mental Health issues
Out of Solitary Places, from the Methodist Church
http://www.methodist.org.uk/downloads/life_pc_mental_health_0707.pdf
A Christian Pastoral Care Course
From Christian Teaching.org.uk
https://christianteaching.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/PastoralCareCourse.pdf
How to listen to Someone in Need
From Christian Teaching.org.uk
https://christianteaching.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/HowToListenToSomeoneInNeed.pdf
About Anxiety Disorders
From Christian Teaching.org.uk
https://christianteaching.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/AnxietyDisorders.pdf
Dealing with Bereavement
From Christian Teaching.org.uk
https://christianteaching.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/AdviceOnBereavement.pdf
A Certain Hope by Tony Higton
A booklet on life after death and preparing for death, From Christian Teaching.org.uk
https://christianteaching.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/ACertainHope.pdf
Dealing with Debt
A booklet on financial problems by Tony Higton, From Christian Teaching.org.uk
http://www.christianteaching.org.uk/HaveYouGotAFinancialProblem.pdf
NHS Leaflets, an A to Z
http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/Pages/hub.aspx
All sorts of information
from Citizens Advice
https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk
Housing and Homelessness Advice
From Shelter
http://england.shelter.org.uk/get_advice