Provisionally Approved Supervisors Application Form

Key Documents

Letter of Agreement

Faithfulness in Service

Pastoral Supervision in the
Anglican Diocese of Sydney

Pastoral Supervision Policy

Apply to become a Provisionally Approved Supervisor

To be eligible to be a Provisionally Approved Pastoral Supervisor, a person must –

have completed a recognised course in a related vocation, or
have no less than 5 years’ experience in pastoral ministry, mentoring and coaching (including retired ministry workers, or ministry spouses) or other related vocations,
undertake the Supervision Foundations Training Course.
Pastoral Supervisors in this group are required to obtain a qualification in Pastoral Supervision and progress to non-provisional approval within 5 years.

The next Supervisor Foundations Training Course details will be announced
closer to the time.

All Pastoral Supervisors must also declare their willingness to abide by Faithfulness in Service and to support the ministry of the Diocese of Sydney.

Approval will be issued for a specified period, usually five years, and is not perpetual. The usual duration of approval will be reviewed from time to time in accordance with the review schedule of the Pastoral Supervision Policy.

Please download the Letter of Agreement for Provisionally Approved Pastoral Supervisors read, sign and scan to a jpg or pdf file. Then assemble the required list of documents and information to upload in the form below

If you wish to apply for Provisional approval as a Pastoral Supervisor, please complete the form below.

But please DO NOT submit the form until you have ALL your documents ready for upload.

Application Form for Provisional Approval as a Pastoral Supervisor

Before commencing the application form below please collect the following documents for uploading as either pdf (preferred), jpg, or png format:

Professional Qualifications (if any).
Evidence of 5 year’s experience in pastoral ministry, mentoring and coaching (including retired ministry workers, or ministry spouses) or other related vocations.
A copy of a national police check no older than 12 months (eg: from Crimcheck )
A signed copy of the Letter of Agreement for Provisional Approved Pastoral Supervisors
A character reference from your current minister/pastor

There is space near the end of the form to include any information not covered in the rest of the form.

If you have any questions about the application process, please contact the Manager. Pastoral Supervision.

Name(Required)

First Last

Email(Required)

Enter Email Confirm Email

Phone Number(Required)

The number you would use for clients. Include area code if a landline.

Date of birth(Required)

We request this to facilitate a National Register check

ABN

Name of your own Supervisor(Required)

(Supervision of Supervisor)

First Last

Character reference(s)

Please provide details of your current Rector or Pastor as a Referee.
If your minister has known you for less than 5 years, please include details for a second referee who has known you in a ministry context for at least 5 years.
They will be emailed a link to a character reference form to complete and submit to us.

Name of your Minister/pastor(Required)

First Last

Minister/pastor's email(Required)

Minister/pastor's phone number(Required)

Name of your second referee (if required – see above)

First Last

Second referees email

Second referees phone number

Work Background

Work Background(Required)

Please select the most appropriate choice

Length of experience in that area(Required)

Tell us how long you have been active in the area of work you selected above

A few sentences about why you would like to become a Provisional Supervisor in the Sydney Diocese.(Required)

Document Uploads

Please upload the following document in pdf, jpg,or png format.

Professional Qualifications (if any)

You can upload up to 10 documents here

Drop files here or

Accepted file types: pdf, jpg, png, Max. file size: 50 MB, Max. files: 10.

Evidence of 5 years experience in pastoral ministry

Evidence of 5 year’s experience in pastoral ministry, mentoring and coaching (including retired ministry workers, or ministry spouses) or other related vocations.

Drop files here or

Accepted file types: pdf, jpg, png, Max. file size: 50 MB, Max. files: 5.

National Police Check

No older than 12 months

Accepted file types: pdf, jpg, png, Max. file size: 50 MB.

Letter of Agreement

Signed and dated

Accepted file types: pdf, jpg, png, Max. file size: 50 MB.

Additional notes

Use this space to add any other relevant information relating to this application.

Agreement

I understand that to gain provisional approval will involving attending and passing the next Pastoral Supervision Foundations Course referred to elsewhere on this page.