Membership
The Spiritual Care Association is a membership organization. Join us!
What SCA Offers its Members
- Engages and unites multiple interest groups so more people in need receive effective spiritual care
- Opens access to new evidence-based knowledge base: Online Learning Center
- Offers new paths for chaplaincy credentialing, board certification, and clinical pastoral education
- Provides valuable resources to contribute significantly to career development
- Creates a powerful voice for spiritual care
- Join the 3,000+ professionals that have already joined SCA!
SCA Offers 3 Types of Membership
- Professional Memberships (individual memberships for chaplains, nurses, social workers, physicians, administrators and other professionals)
- Community Clergy and Religious Leaders
- Organizations and Institutions
Professional Membership
- Professional Membership is for:
- Health Care Chaplains
- First Responder Chaplains
- Nurses
- Social Workers
- Health Care Professionals
- E.M.S. Chaplains
- Military Chaplains
- Corrections Chaplains
- Corporate Chaplains
- Hospice Professionals
- Physicians
- Other Professionals Interested in Spiritual Care
Annual Membership Fee: $95 (non-refundable)
Annual Benefits
- Scholarship totaling 10% of tuition towards an Advanced Degree from Capstone University
- The Chaplain Connection – Online Resource Center & Community
- Discounted Price for Online Professional Education Courses
- Free Spiritual Care Grand Rounds and Other Resources
- Membership in SCA’s Communities of Chaplains for ongoing professional, personal and spiritual development
- Discounted Registration for Annual Caring for the Human Spirit® Conference
- Electronic Subscription to Journal of HealthCare Chaplaincy
- Regular Spiritual Care Updates
- Membership Directory
- Networking Opportunities
- Online Membership Dashboard
- A powerful voice for spiritual care advocacy
Community Clergy and Religious Leaders
- Community clergy and religious leaders are often unprepared to provide spiritual care to individuals with chronic disease and/or nearing the end of life because this training is largely missing from seminary education.
- There are more than 350,000 spiritual leaders and community clergy in the U.S. The time is now to enlist their full participation in providing spiritual care.
Annual Benefits
- Discounted Price for Online Professional Education Courses
- Free Spiritual Care Grand Rounds and Other Resources
- Membership in SCA’s Communities of Chaplains for ongoing professional, personal and spiritual development
- Regular Spiritual Care Updates
- Membership Directory
- Networking Opportunities
- Online Membership Dashboard
Organizations and Institutions
Benefits of an Organizational Membership:
Unlimited Complimentary Job Postings
- Take full advantage of SCA’s Job Board and contact list of over 65,500 spiritual care providers across the country to find and recruit specialized spiritual care talent.
Caring for the Human Spirit® Conference – 2 Complimentary Virtual Registrations (for virtual conferences) or 1 Complimentary Exhibit Table (for in-person conferences)
- Caring for the Human Spirit® Conference is the premier international forum for cutting-edge topics to enhance multidisciplinary teams in spiritual care. The conference is designed to provide spiritual care providers with the skills, best practices, research, that can advance your career and improve optimal care for those in need ($500-$750 value).
Online Professional Education Course Discount – Applicable to all W-2 employees
- The curriculum and courses on the SCA Learning Center are based on new, standardized evidence-based scope of practice and evidence-based quality indicators developed by two interdisciplinary panels of experts, from the fields of chaplaincy, medicine, nursing, psychotherapy, palliative care, social work, research and policy in the U.S. and overseas. Courses are for chaplains and interested health care professionals to deepen their skill and understanding of best practices in spiritual care. Individual course price is $345 for non-members. Price for organizational members is $145. Applicable to all W-2 employees.
Electronic Downloads of our Free Publications
- Complimentary download of all digital publications offered by SCA, including the ground-breaking Foundational Papers.
Monthly Patient-Centered E-Newsletter
- A monthly e-newsletter that provides a synopsis of noteworthy articles as it relates to the field of spiritual care, including palliative care, end-of-life care, patient experience, spirituality, and health care trends. (Complimentary)
Performance Measures and Benchmarking
- Evidence-Based Scope of Practice to Guide Quality Spiritual Care in Health Care
- Evidence-Based Quality Indicators for Spiritual Care (Complimentary)
Annual Membership Fee: $500 (non-refundable and non-transferable).
Please click here for SCA’s Membership Terms and Conditions.
