Chaplaincy Volunteer

CHAPLAINCY VOLUNTEERS -NORTH CUMBRIA INTEGRATED CARE TRUST - Carlisle & Whitehaven

North Cumbria Integrated Care Trust (NCIC) is looking to appoint additional Chaplaincy Volunteers to contribute towards and support the Lead Chaplain’s role in the hospitals within both the West and East Clusters of the Acute and Community hospitals in North Cumbria.

It is expected that chaplaincy volunteers will be recognised within and be approved by either their own denomination, faith or belief group, be in good standing within their own faith/belief community and ideally, have demonstrated previous pastoral experience

What tasks can this role include?
- Respectfully approaching patients and introducing yourself and your role
- Listening to patient or carers’ stories
- Promoting the work of the Chaplaincy in general
- Building up a rapport with patients, staff and visitors,
- Praying with a patient if they request it or finding someone who could
- Referring the patient to the Chaplain for further pastoral care if required
- Some volunteers take Holy Communion to the bedside, if they are licenced to do so by their own denomination
- Joining in Team discussions and training as required

At NCIC, we have an ambition to deliver outstanding hospital and health services to half a million people. Established on 1st October 2019, the Trust is creating a centre of excellence in providing rural and remote healthcare and provides a wide range of community and acute services throughout north Cumbria and beyond. We’re responsible for delivering over 70 services across 15 main locations and we employ more than 6,500 members of staff.

Our 5 key principles demonstrate our belief in the delivery of ‘safe, high quality care every time’.
- Being a clinically led organisation
- Quality and safety at the heart
- A positive patient experience every time
- A great place to work
- Managing our money well

As an organisation we are serious about supporting a diverse workforce that reflects our local community and are very much focused on being an inclusive and compassionate place to work.

Applicants need to be flexible, respectful of difference, approachable, compassionate, sensitive and resilient.
- Please ensure that you document evidence of meeting all the essential criteria in the supporting information.

**Disclosure and Barring Service**:
On 28 November 2020, the new Disclosure and Barring Service filtering rules will come into effect.

**The changes mean that**:

- the multiple conviction rule has been removed, meaning that if an individual has more than one conviction, regardless of offence type or time passed, each conviction will be considered against the remaining rules individually, rather than being automatically disclosed.

If you are unsure about whether you need to disclose certain criminal record information, free confidential advice may be sought from one of the charity bodies listed below. These bodies can advise you on what you are legally required to declare and may also be able to advise you on how you can disclose criminal record information to a prospective employer and your legal rights when doing so.

An Enhanced DBS check will be required for this role.

DBS checks for volunteers are free of charge.