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