Anglican Chaplain

Anglican Chaplain

G4S Care and Rehabilitation Services

HMP Parc, Bridgend, CF35 6AP

Salary £38,603.62 per annum

Permanent - Full Time (40 hours per week)

Benefits:  Company Pension, free on-site parking, on-site canteen, ongoing training and development and access to High Street Shop discounts.

Within Care and Rehabilitation Services, the philosophy of our prisons is to rehabilitate offenders and equip them to re-integrate into mainstream society on release. We seek to normalise prison conditions as far as possible to reflect life in the outside community. Our aim is to create an environment in which staff and prisoners feel safe and causes of prison stress are minimised. Central to our philosophy is the relationship between staff and prisoners. Our training and operational practices emphasise the need to treat prisoners with dignity and respect and G4S staff build positive and supportive relationships with the prisoners in their care. HMP & YOI Parc accommodates 1038 convicted male adult prisoners and remand/ convicted young offenders and young people in a secure but modern environment.

We now have an opportunity for an Anglican Chaplain to join our team at HMP Parc.   The successful candidate will provide a pastoral ministry to prisoners and staff; to provide opportunities for worship, religious observation and instruction; to make a general contribution to the management and policies of the prison; and to develop the relationship between the prison and the local community.

Key Responsibilities:

• Pastoral care of prisoners, including interviewing new Receptions, Discharges, visiting  those located in the Safer Custody Unit and those segregated under prison rules
• Responding to prisoner applications and offering ministry to the suicidal and the bereaved
• Worship, preaching, teaching in accordance with your faith tradition
• Group instruction and provision of offending behaviour programmes using a variety of media e.g music, information technology etc.
• The provision of resources pertinent to your faith tradition, within the constraints of the prison budget
• Creation of opportunities for faith sharing (not proselytising) and organising special events.
• Keeping alive prison family links through the ministry of local faith groups and their representatives
• Developing and maintaining collegiate relationships within the Chaplaincy team and attendance of team meetings
• Keeping accurate administrative records in accordance with G4S prison requirements and Prison Service directives.
• Maintaining a Chaplains Journal of duties performed and actions taken
• Advising the Prison Director and Senior Management Team and representing Chaplaincy on management groups as required
• Contributing to achieving an acceptable or better rating in any Religion audit
• Developing a role within the total life of the prison promoting moral and spiritual values in accordance with your faith
• Facilitating visits by local Faith Representatives to see prisoners of their own faith
• Attendance of training events and conferences as arranged by the prison
• Contributing to Employee Induction on the work of the Chaplaincy at the establishment
• Carrying out ‘On Call’ duties

With a minimum of 2 years experience in Ministry you must be an ordained Minister or Lay person suitably qualified and formally endorsed by the denomination represented together with being trained to a recognised academic competence in Theology, Biblical Studies and Pastoral Care.

You must have a proven track record of pastoral care and be committed to upholding the dignity and worth of others, and have a committment to working collaboratively in a Multi-Faith context.

As an effective communicator you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and experience in faith matters and respect the beliefs and practices of others, irrespective of their faith.

If you join us, you can be sure that you’ll find a secure, friendly and professional working environment and be given all the support, training and encouragement you need to build and develop a successful career with us.

HMP Parc encourages applications from Welsh speakers.

For more information on HMP Parc, please visit 

Equality and Diversity is an important part of G4S Care and Rehabilitation Services. We actively encourage applications from all backgrounds and are a fully inclusive employer who aims to support all employees to be their true selves. We are happy to discuss any reasonable adjustments for either the role or during the recruitment process.

G4S Care and Rehabilitation Services is committed to safeguarding and promoting the wellbeing of children and adults at risk and each employee is expected to support these goals.

Please note that these vacancies are subject to a 5 year checkable history and the strict vetting standards set by G4S and the Secretary of State for the Home Office and are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act. 

You must be eligible to work in the UK and you will need to provide full details of your employment and education history for the last 5 years as part of the security screening process for this role.