Pastoral Spiritual and Religious Care Team Leader
Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 01 Medi 2025 |
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Cyflog: | Heb ei nodi |
Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog: | £47,810 - £54,710 per annum |
Oriau: | Llawn Amser |
Dyddiad cau: | 01 Hydref 2025 |
Lleoliad: | Canterbury, CT1 1TJ |
Cwmni: | Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust |
Math o swydd: | Parhaol |
Cyfeirnod swydd: | 7399035/380-SS0686 |
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We are excited to offer the opportunity for a motivated and passionate individual to lead our Pastoral, Spiritual and Religious Care Team.
Working across our acute, forensic and rehabilitation mental health services, you will play a key role in developing and embedding this service across the organisation. In addition to supporting patients directly, you’ll provide pastoral care to staff, students, and families, helping foster a compassionate and inclusive environment.
You will also have operational oversight of our chaplaincy staff and support the coordination of our valued chaplaincy volunteers.
We are looking for a forward-thinking individual, committed to strengthening the role of spiritual, religious and pastoral care in supporting recovery, wellbeing, and holistic care.
If you're ready to lead and grow this vital service, we would love to hear from you – apply today.
Please note there will be a requirement to travel across KMPT sites as part of this role.
• Lead and develop the Pastoral, Spiritual and Religious Care service across acute, forensic and rehabilitation settings.
• Provide direct spiritual, religious and pastoral support to patients, respecting diverse beliefs and backgrounds.
• Offer pastoral care to staff, students, and the families of those under our care.
• Line manage chaplaincy staff and support the coordination and development of chaplaincy volunteers.
• Work collaboratively with clinical teams to embed spiritual and pastoral care into holistic patient support.
• Contribute to organisational priorities and objectives and promote a culture of compassion across the organisation.
• Support the organisation in responding to significant incidents and providing appropriate pastoral input.
• Develop and maintain partnerships with local faith and belief communities to enhance inclusive support.
Come and work with us in the Garden of England where we combine exceptional professional development opportunities with a tremendous quality of life.
We are Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust (KMPT), providing mental health, learning disability and specialist services, serving 1.8 million people in Kent and Medway, as well as specialist services for adults in Sussex and Surrey. We are rated Good overall by the CQC.
Each year we care for over 2,000 people in our hospitals and 54,000 people in the community.
We are proud to employ over 3,800 people from 66 nationalities, and to serve an increasingly diverse range of communities across rural and urban areas.
You will be joining friendly, passionate colleagues, rich in their diversity, who are committed to providing excellent care to our service users and their loved ones.
The nature of our work attracts kindness and compassion as standard and everyone from our cleaners and porters to the chief executive and chairman are recognised as playing a vital role in providing an exemplary service.
Our strategy
Our mission is what we set out to do every day
We deliver brilliant care through brilliant people
Our vision is where we want to be in the future
To provide outstanding care and to work in partnership to deliver this in the right place, for every service user, every time.
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• Must be experienced in pastoral ministry, particularly with vulnerable people
• Must have knowledge and experience in supporting people with spiritual problems encountered in mental health crisis
• Must have a comprehensive theological education to at least degree level or equivalent
• Must have experience of leading and managing teams and developing staff and volunteers
• Desirable to be accredited with the UK Board for Healthcare Chaplaincy
• Desirable to have experience in health care chaplaincy in an NHS or health care setting
This advert closes on Sunday 14 Sep 2025
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