Employer: Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Fulbourn Resource Centre
Town: Cambridge
Salary: £37,338 - £44,962 per annum pro rata
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 02/02/2025 23:59
Interview date: 18/02/2025
Heart and Soul Mental Health Chaplain - Fulbourn Hospital
Band 6
Job overview
Over the past 20 years, this role has evolved into the Heart and Soul service, a vibrant community of volunteers, specialist chaplains, and peer workers. In 2018, Heart and Soul: Being Human Together was launched as both a strategy and a rebranding of the chaplaincy, emphasizing that spirituality, holistic care, and treating one another with humanity is a shared responsibility. It reinforced the belief that we all play a role in creating a culture of care that mirrors the standards we would want for ourselves. When Fulbourn Hospital’s new Resource Centre opened in 2023, the Heart and Soul approach was at its core, offering public spaces, a community café, and group rooms that foster inclusion, belonging, and therapeutic social connections.
This appointment marks the next strategic chapter for Heart and Soul. With the impending retirement of the Heart and Soul Lead chaplain, we have separated the ‘boots on the ground’ tasks of a local chaplain. Thus, leaving the higher-level, managerial and strategic tasks with the Lead role. This shift has become even more crucial since the disruptions caused by COVID-19 and the opening of the new Resource Centre. There is more rebuilding of links and relationships to be done.
Main duties of the job
1. Provide compassionate, pastorally-rich support to individuals in CPFT’s wards at Fulbourn Hospital and in local community settings, focusing on holistic care that honours spirituality, religion, and the diverse beliefs and backgrounds of those served.
2. Work closely with colleagues, accepting referrals to support individuals with their existential, spiritual, or religious needs, ensuring that spirituality is thoughtfully integrated into their overall care when appropriate.
3. Incorporate people’s diverse cultural and spiritual beliefs into their care plans using the Systm 1 electronic record [Spiritual Wellbeing tab].
4. Build strong, positive relationships with colleagues across the hospital and community.
5. Extend support to families and caregivers, guiding them through the challenges of mental health care.
6. Engage with the Heart and Soul community, co-producing and participating in activities like the weekly Coffee Club and Sunday morning’s Reflection, Music, Prayer & Coffee Chat.
7. Attend monthly online team meetings and have regular supervision with the Heart and Soul Lead.
8. Support and supervise the Resource Centre Peer Support Worker and Heart and Soul volunteers.
9. Help healthcare staff understand the value of holistic care, spirituality, and religion in mental health.
10. Manage and coordinate the use of Still Point in the Resource Centre for prayer, meditation, and restorative conversations.
Person specification
Education
* A high-level qualification or degree in Existential or Religious Pastoral Care, Counselling, Applied Psychology, Social Work, Theology, or a related field.
* Certification in chaplaincy or pastoral care.
Experience
* Minimum of 2 years of experience working with people whose mental health challenges are significantly complex.
* Significant personal involvement in a faith, spiritual, or religious community.
* Experience in planning, promoting, and delivering training workshops.
* Experience of facing significant mental health challenges personally or in the lives of close individuals.
Skills & Abilities
* Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
* Knowledge of how to find religious care for individuals when unable to provide it personally.
* A personal faith belief.
Working for our organisation
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is dedicated to providing high-quality care with compassion to improve the health and wellbeing of the people we care for.
We are a health and social care organisation offering a wide range of services, including integrated physical and mental health services, specialist mental health services, and children’s community services.
We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from under-represented groups.
Please be advised we reserve the right to close adverts earlier than the closing date should we receive sufficient applications.
Regrettably, we cannot offer sponsorship for all our job roles.
For further information on CPFT, please visit our website at www.cpft.nhs.uk.
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