Chaplaincy Professional

Job Title: Chaplaincy Professional - Anglican Ordained Deacon Religious Brother Sister Lay Person (Full Time)

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Chaplaincy Professional to join our team at The Church of England. As a Chaplaincy Professional, you will provide faith and pastoral care to prisoners and staff in their own faith and belief tradition, as well as have an understanding and knowledge of other faiths and beliefs.

Key Responsibilities:

• Act as Faith and Belief Adviser in the establishment, providing advice, pastoral care, and spiritual welfare to prisoners, staff, and their families as requested.
• Facilitate and deliver opportunities for worship, meditation, study, and religious programs.
• 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, meditation, prayer, and faith and belief 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.
• Facilitate services provided by contractors and volunteers.
• Work collaboratively with other Chaplains and Managing Chaplain on the maintenance and provision of facilities for worship, meditation, and prayer.
• Ensure your prison community is aware of relevant religious events and coordinate establishment support for these.
• Acquire and distribute appropriate religious literature, supplies, and materials.
• Contribute to training programs and materials for staff and volunteers.
• Be part of the organization and delivery of Faith Awareness Training for staff.
• Take responsibility for your own spiritual health and development, allowing time for private prayer, study, and retreat.
• Provide appropriate support to the establishment in the absence of the Managing Chaplain.
• Actively support the Assessment, Care in Custody, and Teamwork (ACCT) process.
• Attend relevant boards/meetings and actively contribute either as chair or team member.
• Be proactive in forging links with their local faith and belief 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.
• Undertake wider faith and belief community Ministerial Reviews, where appropriate.
• Assist in probation-approved premise (AP) or other HMPPS-funded community initiatives by agreement.

Requirements:

• Chaplains are required to meet the faith and belief eligibility requirements for their chosen faith and belief as outlined within the Group Profile.
• An ability to fulfill all spoken aspects of the role with confidence through the medium of English or (when specified in Wales) Welsh.

Working Hours:

The job holder must be able to fulfill all spoken aspects of the role with confidence in English or (when specified in Wales) Welsh.

For further information and to apply, visit https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-justice

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