9565 - Chaplain Anglican Ordained Deacon, Religious Brother, Sister, Lay Person
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 03 Medi 2025 |
|---|---|
| Cyflog: | £36,151 i £37,887 bob blwyddyn, pro rata |
| Oriau: | Rhan Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 03 Hydref 2025 |
| Lleoliad: | Preston, Lancashire |
| Gweithio o bell: | Ar y safle yn unig |
| Cwmni: | Ministry of Justice |
| Math o swydd: | Parhaol |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | 9565 |
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Please note this is a part time post working 20 hours per week, this will include working on the weekends.
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, Licensed Reader
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
Essential Experience
Must complete specific training to hold the qualifications required for area of specialism outlined on the relevant Job Description.
Faith Eligibility Requirements (January 2020)
Buddhist:
Be a committed Buddhist living by a moral standard of at least that of the Five Precepts and meditate regularly.
Display a competent understanding of Buddhist teaching and practice.
Have demonstrable knowledge of Buddhist schools other than the one to which you belong and be willing to help and encourage interest in, and practice of those schools, when required.
Have endorsement by the Prison Service Buddhist Faith Adviser* (Evidence required before appointment).
Anglican:
Ordained Bishop, Priest or Deacon
Be an ordained member of the Anglican Communion (or of churches that are part of the Porvoo Agreement).
Have formal endorsement in the form of the licence of the Diocesan Bishop.
Or
Licensed Reader, Religious Brother/Sister, Church Army Evangelist
Be a licensed Reader.
Be a Religious sister or brother, Church Army Evangelist or other appropriately qualified or licensed minister in the Anglican tradition*] subject to agreement from the Anglican Bishop to HM Prisons.
Have formal endorsement in the form of the licence of the Diocesan Bishop.
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; and
formal endorsement from the HMPPS Anglican Faith Advisor confirming eligibility and suitability.
Christian Science:
Chaplains should be members of The Mother Church, The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Massachusetts.
Chaplains should be class taught students, by an authorised teacher of Christian Science.
Chaplains should be active members of a Christian Science branch church or society.
Chaplains should be endorsed by the Christian Science Prison Chaplains Committee
Free Church:
All Free Church chaplains are trained faith practitioners in their own communities. They are accountable to, and accredited by an eligible denomination as listed on the Free Churches Group website. They will either:
Be a minister (lay or ordained) of a Free Church denomination which is a member of the Free Churches Group, or
Be a minister (lay or ordained) of a Free Church denomination which is listed by the Free Churches Faith Advisor as an ‘Additional Denomination’.
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, Licensed Reader
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
Essential Experience
Must complete specific training to hold the qualifications required for area of specialism outlined on the relevant Job Description.
Faith Eligibility Requirements (January 2020)
Buddhist:
Be a committed Buddhist living by a moral standard of at least that of the Five Precepts and meditate regularly.
Display a competent understanding of Buddhist teaching and practice.
Have demonstrable knowledge of Buddhist schools other than the one to which you belong and be willing to help and encourage interest in, and practice of those schools, when required.
Have endorsement by the Prison Service Buddhist Faith Adviser* (Evidence required before appointment).
Anglican:
Ordained Bishop, Priest or Deacon
Be an ordained member of the Anglican Communion (or of churches that are part of the Porvoo Agreement).
Have formal endorsement in the form of the licence of the Diocesan Bishop.
Or
Licensed Reader, Religious Brother/Sister, Church Army Evangelist
Be a licensed Reader.
Be a Religious sister or brother, Church Army Evangelist or other appropriately qualified or licensed minister in the Anglican tradition*] subject to agreement from the Anglican Bishop to HM Prisons.
Have formal endorsement in the form of the licence of the Diocesan Bishop.
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; and
formal endorsement from the HMPPS Anglican Faith Advisor confirming eligibility and suitability.
Christian Science:
Chaplains should be members of The Mother Church, The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Massachusetts.
Chaplains should be class taught students, by an authorised teacher of Christian Science.
Chaplains should be active members of a Christian Science branch church or society.
Chaplains should be endorsed by the Christian Science Prison Chaplains Committee
Free Church:
All Free Church chaplains are trained faith practitioners in their own communities. They are accountable to, and accredited by an eligible denomination as listed on the Free Churches Group website. They will either:
Be a minister (lay or ordained) of a Free Church denomination which is a member of the Free Churches Group, or
Be a minister (lay or ordained) of a Free Church denomination which is listed by the Free Churches Faith Advisor as an ‘Additional Denomination’.