Training and supervision in spiritual and pastoral care is offered through the Centre for Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) at Peter Mac. The CPE is accredited with the Association for Supervised and Clinical Pastoral Education in Victoria (ASACPEV).
CPE is a program of education and formation for pastoral care practitioners conducted through the Spiritual Care Department. It is a recognised tertiary-level subject within the University of Melbourne's School of Divinity.
Participants in the CPE program develop pastoral professionalism, personal identity and skills through an experiential education process.
Peter Mac accepts both full- and part-time pastoral care internship placements:
Clinical Pastoral Education Centre
Dates for CPE programs 2022-23
SUMMER 2022/23
Monday, November 14 – Friday, February 3, 2023
Full-time - 12 weeks (1 CPE unit)
Closing date for applications:
Friday, September 2, 2022
FEES - $1850.00 (incl. GST)
NINE MONTH RESIDENCY PROGRAMME
Monday, February 13 – Friday, November 3, 2023
Full-time - (3 CPE units) (2 week break at conclusion of each unit)
Closing date for application:
Friday, November 11, 2022
AUTUMN 2023
Monday, February 13 - Friday, May 5, 2023
Full-time - 12 weeks (1 CPE unit)
Closing date for applications:
Friday, November 11, 2022
WINTER 2023
Monday, May 22 – Friday, August 5, 2023
Full-time - 11 weeks (1 CPE unit)
Closing date for applications:
Friday, March 3, 2023
SPRING 2023
Monday, August 21 – Friday, November 3, 2023
Full-time - 11 weeks (1 CPE unit)
Closing date for applications:
Friday, June 2, 2023
If you are taking any of these units as a component of your course through the University of Divinity, please contact your course co-ordinator for the fees. Please note that there will be no remuneration participating in the Residency Programme and education fees will not be levied
EXTENDED UNIT – SEMESTER I 2023
Wednesday, March 1– Wednesday, June 28, 2023
Part-time 3 days a week - 18 weeks (1 CPE unit)
Closing date for applications:
FEES $1850.00 (incl. GST)
Friday, November 4, 2022
EXTENDED UNIT – SEMESTER II 2023
Wednesday, July 19 – Wednesday, November 15, 2023
Part-time 2 ½ days a week - 18 weeks (1 CPE unit)
Closing date for applications:
FEES $1850.00 (incl. GST)
Friday, June 2, 2023
Enquries and applications to:
Ms. Paula Donnoli
Department Administrator, Spiritual Care Department
Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre
Locked Bag 1, A’Beckett Street
Victoria 8006 Australia
Telephone: +61 3 855 95236
Email: [email protected]
