Mobile: 0427 395 646
35-47 Green Street, Wangaratta, VIC3677
The spiritual care team at Northeast Health provides emotional and spiritual support to residents, patients, families, staff, and volunteers. The service is available to everyone, regardless of faith, tradition, religion, or beliefs.
Our staff offer companionship and support. We listen to you in a way that allows you to explore and express your hopes and concerns, while drawing on your own spiritual and personal resources.
Our spiritual care staff can help you by:
- listening to your story in a supported environment – may help you to express feelings of confusion, sadness, grief or loneliness and help to clarify thoughts about your experience and the way to move forward
- helping you to explore issues of meaning, faith and doubt
- providing for your emotional, spiritual and cultural needs
- supporting you through grief and loss
- offering prayer, meditation sessions or memorial services, as well as offering celebration services or specific ceremonies and rituals to say goodbye.
Trained volunteers support the spiritual care staff to provide these services. Religious leaders from your own faith are welcome to visit and provide you with pastoral care and can be contacted by the nursing staff or the spiritual care team.
Northeast Health also has a spiritual sanctuary, a quiet place open for reflection, contemplation and prayer. People of all faiths, traditions and beliefs are welcome to use this area.