Chris Brewer

Compassionate Hospice Chaplain with a Master of Divinity and completed Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) units, skilled in offering non-judgmental emotional and spiritual support. Adept at conducting initial spiritual assessments, respecting diverse cultural and religious beliefs, and documenting patient care in compliance with HIPAA guidelines. Eager to bring strong empathy and active listening to a dedicated hospice care team.

Child Care Assistant - Patterson’s Early Child Care Center

• Compassionate and energetic Child Care Assistant with a strong foundation in child development principles and infant/child CPR certification. Eager to support cognitive and social-emotional growth at a dynamic learning center.
• Planned and led engaging, play-based learning activities—including arts and crafts, storytelling, and music—that supported early cognitive and motor development.
• Maintained a safe, clean, and state-compliant classroom environment for up to 15 children ages 3 to 5 while enforcing health and sanitation protocols.
• Partnered daily with parents through verbal updates and digital logs to share developmental milestones, eating habits, and behavioral progress.
• Managed classroom behavior using positive reinforcement and redirection strategies to encourage social-emotional learning

Community Engagement Specialist - I’m a Survivor

• Provide crisis intervention and recovery support to individuals and families navigating end-of-life and hospice-related transitions.
• Advocate for client needs by connecting people to essential resources, care coordination, and emotional support services.
• Support community reintegration through personalized follow-up, engagement planning, and linkage to local support networks.

Hospice Chaplain - Interim Healthcare

• Spiritual Assessment: Utilizing standardized clinical frameworks to objectively evaluate a patient's or client's spiritual distress, coping mechanisms, and sources of meaning.
• Crisis Intervention: Applying evidence-based protocols like Psychological First Aid (PFA) or Critical Incident Stress Management (CISM) during sudden traumas, deaths, or disasters.
• Multi-Faith Ritual Facilitation: Conducting, adapting, or coordinating diverse religious rituals, sacraments, prayers, and memorial services across a broad spectrum of faith traditions and secular worldviews.
• Sacred Text Interpretation: Applying hermeneutical skills to interpret and apply sacred texts accurately and contextually for individuals in crisis.
• Healthcare Regulations Compliance: Navigating and adhering to strict legal and operational standards, including HIPAA privacy laws, Joint Commission mandates, and Patient Bill of Rights.
• Case Management: Managing a heavy caseload, triaging care based on urgency, and coordinating with interdisciplinary teams (doctors, social workers, lawyers, or military commanders).
• Program Administration: Developing, budgeting, and managing institutional spiritual care programs, volunteer training tracks, and community outreach initiatives.

Chaplain/Bereavement Coordinator - Phoenix Healthcare

• Spiritual Assessment: Performing structured evaluations of a patient’s and family's spiritual history, beliefs, existential distress, and sources of meaning using standardized clinical screening tools
• Electronic Health Record (EHR) Documentation: Navigating healthcare software to document spiritual assessments, care plans, interventions, and bereavement notes in compliance with medical and legal standards
• Knowledge of Advance Directive and State/Federal Laws: Understanding legal frameworks surrounding living wills, durable powers of attorney for healthcare, do-not-resuscitate (DNR) orders, and surrogate decision-making
• Grief and Bereavement Counseling Techniques: Applying evidence-based therapeutic and grief-support frameworks to guide individuals and families through anticipatory grief and post-death bereavement follow-ups (typically structured over a 13-month period)
• End-of-Life Ethical Decision-Making: Navigating complex clinical dilemmas, such as withdrawing life-sustaining treatment, pain management conflicts, and family disagreements over goals of care
• Interdisciplinary Group (IDG) Participation: Collaborating in bi-weekly clinical team meetings with physicians, nurses, social workers, and aides to update integrated patient care plans
• Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) Training: Completing formal units of accredited theological and clinical education to translate pastoral theory into hospital and hospice environments

Homeless Shelter Advocate - Topeka Rescue Mission

(2015 - 2018)

• Responsibilities included overseeing and monitoring all activity in the Shelter, both visually and via security monitors; intervening with guests as necessary to maintain an orderly environment.
• Did comprehensive check-ins of guests, including registration forms, making room keys, issuing linens, etc., and followed and completed a checklist for each individual or family
• Worked and collaborated with staff to maintain a team environment to accomplish tasks necessary to serve and support TRM.
• Developed and assisted in care plans while clients were living in the shelter.

Master's Program - Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) - Manhattan Bible College

Christian Leadership Studies - Christian leadership and spiritual formation - The Urban Ministry Institute (2025)