23030 - Anglican Chaplain

The Methodist Church in Britain; Borstal; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Holiday allowance

Pension schemes

Unsocial hours allowance

Season ticket loan

Hybrid working

Training and development

Job summary

The Methodist Church in Britain seeks an Anglican chaplain for Cookham Wood prison. The role offers pastoral care to prisoners and staff, with multi-faith support and policy delivery. You will work within a multi-faith chaplaincy team in HM Prison and Probation Service in England.

Candidate must be ordained or licensed Anglican minister with Diocesan endorsement and be prepared for regular unsocial hours. Formal endorsement from the HMPPS Anglican Faith and Belief Adviser is required.

Qualifications

• Must hold ordained Anglican standing and endorsement from HMPPS Anglican Faith and Belief Adviser.
• Knowledge of Anglican theology and religious practice.
• Full spoken and written English (Welsh where specified).

Responsibilities

• Provide faith guidance and pastoral care to prisoners, staff and families.
• Plan and lead worship and faith meetings; ensure chaplaincy care at all times.
• Facilitate religious programmes with chaplains, volunteers and external groups.
• Deliver pastoral care, crisis support and mentoring after incidents.
• Support ACCT process and liaise with Faith and Belief Adviser.
• Build links with local faith communities to support release.

Skills

Pastoral care

Worship planning

Interfaith liaison

Education

Ordained Anglican Bishop/ Priest/ Deacon

Licensed Anglican minister endorsement

Job description

Anglican chaplain post at Cookham Wood prison, within a multifaith chaplaincy team in HM Prison and Probation Service. The work is pastoral care and worship for Anglican prisoners and staff, with support for people of other faiths and none, and delivery of the national faith and pastoral care policy. The post is non-operational with no line management, and includes regular unsocial hours. Candidates need ordained or licensed Anglican ministerial standing and endorsement from the HMPPS Anglican Faith and Belief Adviser.

What the job involves

• Provide faith guidance, advice, pastoral care and spiritual welfare to prisoners, staff and families, liaising with the Faith and Belief Adviser
• Plan and lead worship, meditation, prayer and faith-specific meetings, ensuring chaplaincy care is available at all times
• Facilitate worship, study and religious programmes, and maintain worship and prayer facilities with chaplains, volunteers and external groups
• Provide pastoral care to prisoners, help resolve crisis situations, and mentor chaplains and volunteers after incidents
• Deliver PSI 05/2016 Faith and Pastoral Care for Prisoners with colleagues and contribute to assurance for the Governor and Chaplain General
• Actively support the Assessment, Care in Custody and Teamwork (ACCT) process
• Nurture chaplaincy volunteers and support the Official Prison Visitor scheme with the OPV Liaison Officer
• Promote faith and belief events, coordinate establishment support, and acquire and distribute faith literature and artefacts
• Contribute to training for staff and volunteers, including Faith Awareness Training
• Represent chaplaincy at establishment meetings and boards in the Managing Chaplain's absence, and take on agreed additional roles
• Build links with local faith communities and agencies to support prisoners on release, and assist Probation Approved Premises and community initiatives
• Contribute to local policy, procedures and practice, and manage administration, data collection and targets

What’s required

Qualifications

• Specific training to hold the qualifications required for the area of specialism

Registration & licences

• Ordained Anglican Bishop, Priest or Deacon, normally in Holy Orders for at least three years, from the Anglican Communion or Porvoo churches
• Reader, religious brother or sister, Church Army Evangelist or other licensed Anglican minister, subject to Anglican Bishop agreement
• Licence of the Diocesan Bishop as formal endorsement, evidenced before appointment

Skills & knowledge

• Demonstrable knowledge of Anglican theology and religious practice
• Full spoken and written English, or Welsh where specified in Wales

Checks & eligibility

• Signed Church of England mutual flourishing documentation, or Church in Wales equivalent
• Formal endorsement from the HMPPS Anglican Faith and Belief Adviser confirming eligibility and suitability
• Diocesan DBS clearance and up-to-date safeguarding training
• Security and identity checks before taking up post
• Eligible under Civil Service nationality rules

What’s offered

• 9 days bank, public and privilege holidays (66 hours 36 minutes), added to annual leave
• Annual leave calculated pro-rata, with the holiday year running from 1 March
• Choice of two Civil Service pension schemes
• Unsocial hours allowance paid on top of basic pay
• Season ticket advance after two months' service
• Informal hybrid working where business need allows
• Training and development, including promotion programmes