Managing Chaplain

Salary 1
- £47,907

Number of jobs available 1
- 1

Detail of reserve list 1
- 12 Months

Region 1
- West Midlands

City/Town 1
- Wolverhampton

Building/Site 1
- HMP BRINSFORD WOLVERHAMPTON, WV10 7PY

Grade 1
- SEO

Organisation Grade for HMPPS 1
- Band 7

Post Type 1
- Permanent

Working Pattern 1
- Full Time

Role Type 1
- Chaplaincy

Job description 1

Organisation Level Functional Management - The Jobs at this level provides leadership and management of the function and as a Senior Management Team member, contributes to the strategic planning and implementation of corporate activities. Fully accountable for the delivery / performance of the function. They manage staff and resources to deliver activities within their function including medium and longer term planning. Will manage a delegated budget, determines resources required and actively influences efficiency.

**Overview**

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

Will manage all the staff within the Chaplaincy team. Structured learning and experienced pastoral care is required to deliver this to prisoners and staff. The job holder will need to keep abreast of changes within own work area and comply with HMPPS policy.

Will have regular pre-planned prisoner facing activities/duties. Will also manage ad hoc requests from prisoners if and when deemed appropriate. Will assist with offenders on release into the community, those serving community sentences or other HMPPS funded community initiatives by agreement.

This is a non-operational job with line management responsibilities.

**Characteristics Typical tasks associated with this Group Profile include**:

- Accountable for the performance of the Chaplaincy team and the staff within it. Manage the achievement of qualitative and quantitative standards including Service Delivery Indicators (SDIs) within the function, verifying and signing off documentation as appropriate. Analyse and act upon data which is relevant to Chaplaincy
- Ensure that all staff within the Chaplaincy team contribute to providing decent conditions for prisoners and a safe working environment for staff
- Promote prison service policy in all activities and behaviours;
e.g. promote diversity, decency, safety and reducing re
- offending agendas- Responsible for ensuring prisoner’s complaints (including those involving litigation claims) relevant to the Chaplaincy team, have been dealt with in accordance with policy
- Produce relevant reports as required and ensure all correspondence is replied to within agreed timescales
- Oversee the compilation and achievement of any performance improvement programmes, reporting on progress regularly as appropriate
- Manage the appropriate authorisation of financial compliance statements
- Manage devolved budgets in accordance with the financial procedures outlined in the budget delegation
- Ensure that Chaplaincy produces and analyses audit and establishment performance management information identifying variances and areas requiring improvements
- Contribute to the establishment’s overall achievement of (SDIs) and standards and be accountable for the performance and delivery of targets relating to the budget and People Plan for the function
- Responsible for leading the development of local policy, procedures and practice and the implementation of national policy in relation to the chaplaincy service and lead activities. Contributes toward the development of general HMPPS local policy, procedures and practice. Ensures that current Chaplaincy practice is in line with policy (both national and local)
- Contribute to the development and delivery of the medium-to
- long term strategic and business plan for the establishment, with overall responsibility for implementation within their function
- Attend relevant boards/meetings and actively contribute either as chair or team member
- Responsible for ensuring work areas and associated activities comply with Health and Safety legislation. Ensure all risk assessments are undertaken and staff are made aware of their personal responsibility towards Health and Safety compliance
- Work collaboratively and provide constructive challenge to colleagues to ensure that their own and other functions are joined up and together contribute towards the overall delivery of the establishment’s performance
- Contribute to the preparation of the establishment contingency and emergency plans and ensure implementation when required.
- Carries out investigations and administration in relation to incidents of potential discrimination and reports on findings.
- Responsible for ensuring relevant actions arising from Standard Audit, His Majesty Inspectorate of Prisons (HMIP) Action Plans, Managing Quality of Prison Life (MQPL) surveys including local self audit action plans and Resettlement strategies are del