Jon Scarffe
Alexandria,VA
Summary
Experienced Chaplain and Pastor with a demonstrated history of working in hospital, hospice, palliative, and parish settings. A team player, a good communicator with strong interpersonal and pastoral skills. Currently working towards chaplaincy board certification.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Chaplain/Spiritual Counselor
Goodwin Living Hospice
11.2022 - Current
- Providing spiritual guidance, emotional support, and direct care to residents, family members, and staff.
- Collaborating with interdisciplinary teams for holistic patient care, addressing both physical and emotional needs.
- Meet with individuals, discuss issues compassionately, and determine the appropriate type of involvement to meet their spiritual needs.
- Develop relationships with patients and families, resulting in increased trust and rapport during difficult times.
- Provide spiritual care through visitation, counseling, and prayer.
- Provided compassionate pastoral care in emergency situations, addressing the spiritual needs of patients experiencing acute distress or trauma.
- Deliver comforting presence during end-of-life situations, offering prayers and rituals to honor the patient's beliefs and values.
- Evaluate the effectiveness of pastoral care initiatives through regular feedback from staff members, adjusting strategies as needed for optimal results.
- Serve as a trusted resource on religious traditions, customs, practices across various faiths within the hospital setting.
- Collaborate with healthcare teams to ensure holistic care, addressing patients' spiritual needs alongside their medical treatment.
- Maintain accurate documentation of client interactions, assessments, and progress notes for effective case management.
Interim Assistant Priest for Pastoral Care
Grace and Holy Trinity Episcopal Church
10.2024 - 04.2025
- Implemented a pastoral care tracking system to ensure consistent follow-up with congregants in need of support or assistance.
- Evaluated existing pastoral care resources, making recommendations for improvement based on identified needs within the congregation.
- Managed a team of Pastoral Care/Lay Eucharistic Visitors, providing training and support to ensure effective ministry.
- Provided crisis intervention and support for individuals experiencing personal or family difficulties.
- Developed strong relationships with congregants through regular visits, counseling sessions, and spiritual guidance.
- Led worship services, preaching sermons that inspired and challenged the congregation to grow in their faith.
- Strengthened connections between generations within the congregation through intergenerational forums.
- Trained 3 new Lay Eucharistic Visitors on effectively sharing the Eucharist to home-bound members.
- Inroduced Blue Christmas Service, adding to the variety & choice of worship for members and non-members.
Associate Clergy
Episcopal Church Of The Resurrection, Alexandria V
03.2024 - 10.2024
- Ordained as a Deacon March 2024 & as a Priest September 2024
- Self-motivated, with a strong sense of personal responsibility.
- Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.
- Worked well in a team setting, providing support and guidance.
- Led programs such as worship, study, fellowship, and service opportunities.
- Provided spiritual care through visitation, counseling, and prayer.
- Assisted at special services such as weddings, funerals, baptisms, and nursing home services.
- Mentored seminarians to enhance their skills and knowledge in providing meaningful and effective worship.
- Provided grief counseling, easing emotional distress of families during times of loss.
- Developed and delivered sermons that addressed contemporary issues, enriching spiritual life of community.
Candidate for Priesthood
Episcopal Church Of The Resurrection, Alexandria Va
09.2023 - 03.2024
- Self-motivated, with a strong sense of personal responsibility.
- Skilled at working independently and collaboratively in a team environment.
- Assisted with day-to-day operations, working efficiently and productively with all team members.
- Delivered engaging sermons and adult forums tailored to the needs of diverse audiences, effectively communicating spiritual teachings and principles.
- Actively engaged in church social programs, increasing awareness of community concerns
- Provided pastoral care and support to congregation members during times of personal crisis, fostering a strong sense of community within the church.
- Helped to create a welcoming environment for visitors.
- Led programs such as worship, study, fellowship, and service opportunities.
- Engaged with programs to increase church members' service throughout the community.
- Planned and conducted worship services, wrote sermons, and worked with key church leaders to carry out the church mission.
- Volunteered at church-sponsored outreach events.
- Interacted with local community, building relationships with civic organizations and other churches.
- Conducted worship at neighboring retirement complexes building a connection with the main church body.
Candidate for Priesthood
St Aidans Episcopal Church
06.2022 - 08.2023
- Self-motivated, with a strong sense of personal responsibility.
- Worked well in a ministry team setting, provided support and guidance.
- Strengthened communication skills through regular interactions with members
- Used critical thinking to break down problems, evaluate solutions and make decisions.
- Delivered engaging sermons tailored to the needs of diverse audiences, effectively communicating spiritual teachings and principles.
- Inspired congregation members by incorporating real-life experiences and contemporary issues into sermons.
- Organized and led Bible study sessions for various age groups, promoting spiritual growth and understanding of religious texts.
- Provided pastoral care and support to congregation members during times of personal crisis, fostering a strong sense of community within the church.
- Helped to create a welcoming environment for visitors and encouraged the congregation to offer support.
- Led programs such as worship, study, fellowship, and service opportunities.
- Provided spiritual care through visitation, counseling, and prayer.
- Planned and conducted worship services, wrote sermons, and worked with key church leaders to carry out church mission.
- Assisted at special services such as weddings, funerals, baptisms.
Contract Chaplain
MedStar Washington Hospital Center
05.2022 - 03.2023
- Served as a Contract Chaplain for the Spiritual Care Department
- Provided spiritual care to patients, and families including regular spiritual and pastoral support to Neonatal ICU, Surgical ICU, Burns, Geriatric, and other units as required. Pastoral care included pastoral presence and support, life reviews, family meetings, palliative care meetings, interdisciplinary team meetings, end-of-life care, emergency baptisms, blessings, and prayer ministry.
- Gained experience in Level 1 Trauma situations, medical emergencies, and deaths, cultivating skills in pastoral care for people of diverse cultural backgrounds and complex family dynamics.
- Offered spiritual care for staff through presence and support at staff meetings, rounds, and intentional one-on-one relationship building.
- Met with individuals, discussed issues compassionately and determined appropriate type of involvement to meet spiritual needs.
- Developed relationships with patients and families, resulting in increased trust and rapport during difficult times.
- Conducted crisis intervention sessions with individuals experiencing severe emotional distress, providing comfort and support during critical times.
- Researched and prepared materials used in Bible study and daily devotions.
- Evaluated effectiveness of pastoral care initiatives through regular feedback from staff members, adjusting strategies as needed for optimal results.
- Built strong relationships with local faith-based organizations to create a network of resources for patients and families.
- Managed office and maintained records and files to offload administrative duties from chaplain.
- Organized memorial services that honored deceased while providing comfort to grieving families.
Chaplain (Resident)
Goodwin House Palliative and Hospice Care
09.2020 - 09.2021
- Completed two units of Clinical Pastoral Education.
- Worked as part of a multidisciplinary care team (composed of physicians, chaplains, nurses, social workers, patient care managers, and clergy) to integrate and improve medical and emotional/spiritual care of the patients at end of life and patients’ families
- Assessed and cared for the emotional and spiritual/religious needs of patients, families, and care team, including end-of-life issues, crisis intervention, grieving support, patient referrals and maintaining patient chaplaincy medical records.
- Regular pastoral care visits to service users within the community outside of the Goodwin House setting.
- Responded promptly to emergencies requiring chaplain services, prioritizing urgent needs of patients and their loved ones.
- Cultivated relationships with local clergy members from various faith traditions to ensure diverse representation in spiritual care offerings.
- Maintained accurate records of chaplain visits and pertinent patient information in accordance with HIPAA regulations.
- Enhanced patient well-being by providing emotional and spiritual support during their hospital stays.
- Oversaw communication efforts between the Spiritual Care Department and other hospital departments to improve collaboration on patient care initiatives.
- Participated in didactic sessions and education seminars.
- Established effective rapport with diverse patient populations by demonstrating empathy, active listening, cultural sensitivity.
- Collaborated with interdisciplinary care teams to create holistic and individualized care plans addressing patients'' unique needs.
- Created and used spiritual assessments for crisis management, intervention, bereavement and chemical dependency.
- Delivered individualized approaches considering situational and population-specific needs.
- Offered pastoral counseling to individuals struggling with life challenges, fostering personal growth and resilience.
- Counseled employees requesting emotional or spiritual support.
- Created consistent and sustainable solutions using well-grounded approaches.
- Served as a compassionate presence during end-of-life transitions, supporting patients and families through the process of bereavement.
- Provided crisis intervention for patients and families experiencing trauma, grief, or loss, offering comfort and guidance.
- Organized memorial services honoring deceased patients, providing solace to grieving family members and friends.
- Provided spiritual guidance, emotional support and direct care to residents, family members and staff.
- Provided spiritual care through visitation, counseling, and prayer.
- Managed office and maintained records and files to offload administrative duties from chaplain.
- Evaluated effectiveness of chaplaincy interventions by obtaining regular feedback from patients, family members, colleagues.
- Met with individuals, discussed issues compassionately and determined appropriate type of involvement to meet spiritual needs.
- Officiated special services such as weddings, funerals, baptisms, and nursing home services.
Chaplain (Intern)
Medstar Southern Maryland Hospital Palliative Care Team
06.2020 - 08.2020
- Completed one unit of Clinical Pastoral Education
- Provided pastoral care and spiritual support to patients and family via tele chaplaincy during the early months of COVID.
- Attended and contributed in daily rounds as part of the interdisciplinary team.
- Proactively provided spiritual care for staff through presence, active listening, and relationship building as a team and on a one-to-one basis.
- Improved patient satisfaction by implementing feedback from evaluations into future care strategies.
- Mentored fellow interns, guiding them in their professional development as chaplains.
- Facilitated communication between patients and medical professionals regarding end-of-life decisions, advocating for patients'' wishes to be respected.
- Developed personalized care plans for clients, addressing their unique spiritual needs and concerns.
- Provided grief counseling for bereaved families, facilitating the healing process after loss.
- Provided grief and bereavement counseling to individuals and families.
- Enhanced the spiritual well-being of patients by providing tailored pastoral care, demonstrating respect for diverse beliefs and traditions.
- Kept supervisor informed of daily activities and issues.
- Provided spiritual care through visitation, counseling, and prayer.
Visitor Services
St Paul’s Cathedral
11.2019 - 01.2020
Counselor (Intern)
ELOP LGBT+ Mental Health & Wellbeing Charity
02.2019 - 11.2019
Visitor Services
Royal Collection Trust
07.2017 - 09.2018
Senior Verger & Events Supervisor
Peterborough Cathedral
08.2013 - 07.2017
Education
Master of Science - Counselling & Psychotherapy
Keele University
Keele, Derbyshire, UK.01.2019
Masters Program in Theology - Theology
Trinity College
Dublin, Ireland06.2011
Professional Certificate - Theology
St Johns College
Nottingham, UK06.2009
Skills
- Grief Counseling
- Pastoral Counseling
- Public Speaking
- Team collaboration
- Verbal and written communication
- Relationship building
Certification
- Certificate in Theological Studies 2023 Church Divinity School of the Pacific, CA
- Certificates in Clinical Pastoral Education (ACPE 4 Units) 2020-22 Association of Clinical Pastoral Education
- Certificate in Children's Ministry -. 2012 Union Theological College, Belfast, UK
- Professional Certificate in Ministry, 2008 – 2009 St John’s College, Nottingham, UK
Timeline
Interim Assistant Priest for Pastoral Care
Grace and Holy Trinity Episcopal Church
10.2024 - 04.2025
Associate Clergy
Episcopal Church Of The Resurrection, Alexandria V
03.2024 - 10.2024
Candidate for Priesthood
Episcopal Church Of The Resurrection, Alexandria Va
09.2023 - 03.2024
Chaplain/Spiritual Counselor
Goodwin Living Hospice
11.2022 - Current
Candidate for Priesthood
St Aidans Episcopal Church
06.2022 - 08.2023
Contract Chaplain
MedStar Washington Hospital Center
05.2022 - 03.2023
Chaplain (Resident)
Goodwin House Palliative and Hospice Care
09.2020 - 09.2021
Chaplain (Intern)
Medstar Southern Maryland Hospital Palliative Care Team
06.2020 - 08.2020
Visitor Services
St Paul’s Cathedral
11.2019 - 01.2020
Counselor (Intern)
ELOP LGBT+ Mental Health & Wellbeing Charity
02.2019 - 11.2019
Visitor Services
Royal Collection Trust
07.2017 - 09.2018
Senior Verger & Events Supervisor
Peterborough Cathedral
08.2013 - 07.2017
Professional Certificate - Theology
St Johns College
Master of Science - Counselling & Psychotherapy
Keele University
Masters Program in Theology - Theology
Trinity College
Hobbies and Interests
Reading, Cycling, Food, Travel, Theatre
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