Chaplain

**Chaplain: Anglican Ordained Bishop, Priest, Deacon, Religious Brother/Sister, Church Army Evangelist, Reader - 69924**
**£30,938 - £32,424**
**Bicester**:
**Overview**

Job holders within this Group Profile will provide religious and pastoral care of prisoners and staff in their own faith tradition and have an understanding/ knowledge of other differing faiths.

**Characteristics**

Typical tasks associated with this Group Profile include:

- Act as faith advisor in the establishment providing advice, pastoral care and spiritual welfare to prisoners, staff and their families as requested
- Facilitate and deliver opportunities for worship study and religious programmes
- Contribute towards the development of local policy, procedures and practice
- Provide mentoring and personal support for other chaplains and volunteers including following incidents
- Be part of the provision of available and accessible chaplaincy care at all times
- Plan and lead worship and prayer / faith specific meetings
- Provide pastoral care to prisoners and help to provide support and bring resolution to crisis situations where required
- Nurture Chaplaincy volunteers in their contribution
- Work collaboratively with other Chaplains and Managing Chaplain on the maintenance and provision of facilities for worship and prayer
- Ensure your prison community is aware of relevant religious events and coordinate establishment support for these
- Be proactive in forging links with their local faith communities and other agencies, as relevant and consider ways in which these communities/agencies may become involved in mentoring prisoners on release
- Participate in developing ways for improving and achieving targets As required, undertake and ensure that all relevant administration, data collection and analysis including relevant targets are collated
- Be part of the organisation and delivery of Faith Awareness Training for staff
- Undertake Diocesan Ministerial Reviews, where appropriate
- Provide appropriate support to the establishment in the absence of the Managing Chaplain
- Actively support the Assessment, Care in Custody and Teamwork (ACCT) process

**Job Descriptions relating to this Group Profile**:

- Chaplain : Anglican Ordained Bishop, Priest, Deacon, Religious Brother/Sister, Church Army Evangelist, Reader (as set out in Canon E4 of the Canons of the Church of England or direct equivalent in other Anglican provinces)
- Chaplain : Christian Chaplain - Ordained Priest or Free Church equivalent
- Chaplain : Christian Ordained Deacon Religious Brother Sister Lay Person
- Chaplain : Free Church Non Ordained Deacon or lay Person
- Chaplain : Free Church Ordained
- Chaplain : Hindu
- Chaplain : Humanist
- Chaplain : Muslim
- Chaplain : Roman Catholic Ordained Deacon Religious Brother Sister Lay Person
- Chaplain : Roman Catholic Ordained Priest
- Chaplain : Sikh
- Chaplain : Buddhist
- Chaplain : Jewish
- Chaplain : Orthodox
- Chaplain : Pagan
- Chaplain : Quaker
- Chaplain : Rastafari
- Chaplain : Roman Catholic Priest Deacon Brother Sister Lay Person
- Chaplain : Spiritualist
- Chaplain : Christian Science
- Chaplain : Chaplain

**Essential Experience**:
Must complete specific training to hold the qualifications required for area of specialism outlined on the relevant Job Description.

**Faith Eligibility Requirements (January 2020)**:
**Buddhist**:

- Be a committed Buddhist living by a moral standard of at least that of the Five
Precepts and meditate regularly.
- Display a competent understanding of Buddhist teaching and practice.
- Have demonstrable knowledge of Buddhist schools other than the one to which you belong and be willing to help and encourage interest in, and practice of those schools, when required.
- Have endorsement by the Prison Service Buddhist Faith Adviser* (Evidence required before appointment).

**Anglican**:
**Ordained Bishop, Priest or Deacon**:

- Be an ordained member of the Anglican Communion (or of churches that are part of the Porvoo Agreement).
- Have formal endorsement in the form of the licence of the Diocesan Bishop.

Or

**Reader, Religious Brother/Sister, Church Army Evangelist**:

- Be a Reader (as set out in Canon E4 of the Canons of the Church of England or direct equivalent in other Anglican provinces).
- Have formal endorsement in the form of the licence of the Diocesan Bishop.

**All must have**:

- signed the Church of England documentation on mutual flourishing or Church in Wales equivalent;
- demonstrable knowledge of Anglican theology and religious practice; and
- formal endorsement from the HMPPS Anglican Faith Advisor confirming eligibility and suitability.

**Christian Science**:

- Chaplains should be members of The Mother Church, The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Massachusetts.
- Chaplains should be class taught students, by an authorised teacher of Christian Science.
- Chaplains should be active members of a Christian Science branch church or society.
- Chaplains