Chaplain - Hmp Haverigg

**General Information**:

- Salary
- £34,760 - £36,429
- Working Pattern
- Full Time
- Vacancy Approach
- External
- Location
- Millom
- Region
- North West
- Closing Date
- 20-May-2025
- Business Unit
- Haverigg
- Post Type
- Permanent
- Civil Service Grade
- HEO
- Number of jobs available
- 1
- Reserve List
- 12 Months
- Job ID
- 5444

**Descriptions & requirements**:

- Job description

**Overview**

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

**Characteristics**

Typical tasks associated with this Group Profile include:

- Act as faith/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 faith/belief 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/meditation, prayer faith/belief specific meetings. Provide pastoral care to prisoners and help to provide support and bring resolution to crisis situations w
- 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 festivals and coordinate establishment support for these.
- Be proactive in forging links with their local faith/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.
- Be part of the organisation and delivery of faith/belief awareness training for staff. Undertake wider faith/belief community Ministerial Reviews, w
- 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.
- Assist in approved premises (AP) or bail hostel as required.

**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: Bahai
- Chaplain: Buddhist
- Chaplain: Christian Chaplain - Ordained Priest or Free Church equivalent
- Chaplain: Christian Ordained Deacon Religious Brother Sister Lay Person
- Chaplain: Christian Science
- Chaplain: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
- Chaplain: Free Church Non Ordained Deacon or Lay Person
- Chaplain: Free Church Ordained
- Chaplain: Hindu
- Chaplain: Humanist
- Chaplain: Jain
- Chaplain: Jehovah’s Witness
- Chaplain: Jewish
- Chaplain: Muslim
- Chaplain: Orthodox
- Chaplain: Pagan
- Chaplain: Quaker
- Chaplain: Rastafari
- Chaplain: Roman Catholic Ordained Priest Deacon Brother Sister Lay Person
- Chaplain: Sikh
- Chaplain: Spiritualist
- Chaplain: Zoroastrian
- Chaplain : Roman Catholic Ordained Deacon Religious Brother Sister Lay Person
- Chaplain : Roman Catholic Ordained Priest
- Chaplain : Pastoral Care Chaplain
- Chaplain : Chaplain

**Essential Skills/** **Qualifications/** **Accreditation/** **Registration**

Must complete specific training to hold the qualifications required for area of specialism outlined on the relevant job description.

**Faith/Belief Eligibility Requirements (January 2022)**

**Anglican**:
**Ordained Bishop, Priest or Deacon**
- Be an ordained member of the Anglican Communion (or of churches part of the Porvoo Agreement)
- Will normally need to have been in Holy Orders for a minimum of three years
- 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 (Evidence required before appointment) 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
- formal endorsement from the HMPPS Anglican Faith and Belief Adviser confirming eligibility and suitability
- Diocesan DBS clearance and up to date sa