Chaplain

Pay Rate:

$22.00 hourly

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Direct and supervise all aspects of the religious programs.

Train both lay and clergy volunteers from faiths represented in the population.

Provides spiritual guidance and clinical pastoral education regarding personal, family and spiritual problems.

Hold religious services and prayers, sacramental observations and religious educational programs for inmates/detainees/USMS.

Organize religious volunteers from the community.

Provides and updates programs for presentation to newly-arrived inmates/detainees/USMS.

Provide religious counseling for inmates/detainees/USMS, family members, and staff.

Prepare a schedule of all religious activities.

Maintain resource directory.

Notify inmates/detainees/USMS of serious illness, death, or disturbing events.

Notify inmates/detainees/USMS family of serious illness or death of inmates/detainees/USMS.

Maintain communications with faith communities and approve donations of equipment or material for use in religious programs.

Maintain attendance and confidential records.

Assures equal status and protection for all religions.

Promote the development of positive social skills through modeling appropriate behaviors and intervening when inappropriate behaviors are observed.

Required Knowledge Skills/Abilities: 

Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Excellent interpersonal and customer service skills.

Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.

Excellent time management skills with a proven ability to meet deadlines.

Ability to function well in a high-paced and at times stressful environment.

Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite or related software.

Education and Experience:

High school diploma or equivalent;

Meets the certification standards of the American Correctional Chaplains Association.

Properly credentialed to conduct religious services according to the teaching of his/her particular religion or denomination.

Must have current ecclesiastical endorsement by appropriate religious certifying bodies.

Must be an ordained minister; Preferred.

Valid driver’s license.

Physical Requirements: 

The physical requirements described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to satisfactorily perform these essential functions without causing an undue hardship for the employer.

 Continuous sitting per shift.

Ability to work continuously on a telephone/computer/scanner/fax/copier or other office equipment per shift with scheduled breaks.

Frequent periods of walking and/or standing.

Occasional lifting and carrying up to 20 lbs.

Frequent grasping, reaching, pushing, pulling, bending, & twisting.