Spiritual and Pastoral Support

British Antarctic Surve; Arundel; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 43,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Company pension

NHS pension (where eligible)

Up to 35 days annual leave

On-site education support

Bupa cover

Free parking

Gym discounts

Employee Assistance Programme

Death in Service

Job summary

Southern Hospice Group's Chestnut Tree House in Arundel seeks a Specialist in Spiritual and Pastoral Care to support children, young people and families with complex needs. You will work as part of a multidisciplinary team to deliver compassionate, holistic care.

The role is part-time (15 hours per week) with a Grade 6 salary (£39,443 pro rata) and offers opportunities for training and cross-site collaboration within the Group.

Qualifications

• Experience in paediatric spiritual care.
• Ability to assess complex spiritual needs and plan support.
• Experience working in a multidisciplinary care setting.

Responsibilities

• Assess the complex pastoral, spiritual and religious needs of children, young people and their families using Chestnut Tree House services and plan support, keeping clinical records.
• Develop paediatric spiritual support for children and families and help them find meaning and purpose.
• Manage and prioritise referrals to the Chaplaincy and Pastoral Care service.
• Be a resource to the multi-disciplinary team in understanding spiritual care needs, collaborating with chaplaincy services across the Southern Hospice Group.
• Provide training to promote best practice in spiritual care.
• Offer pastoral, spiritual, and religious support to Chestnut Tree House staff and volunteers.
• Foster links with other faith and spirituality leaders for patient care within the Group.
• Support bereavement care and advise on funerals/memorial services as appropriate.

Skills

Pastoral care

Communication

Multidisciplinary

Training delivery

Bereavement support

Stakeholder collaboration

Job description

Location Arundel Vacancy Type Part Time/Permanent Pay Range Grade 6 - £39,443 Pro rata for part time roles Contracted Hours 15 hours per week Application Deadline Wednesday, November 25, 2026 Job Profile Job Profile document
Job Summary

About the role

To provide specialist Spiritual and Pastoral Care at Chestnut Tree House (part of the Southern Hospice Group) working as part of the multidisciplinary team to care for the complex pastoral, spiritual, and religious needs of children, young people and their families under the care of Chestnut Tree House.

You'll be

• Assess the complex pastoral, spiritual and religious needs of children, young people and their families using the services of Chestnut Tree House, and plan support and care accordingly, keeping up to date clinical records.
• Develop and implement paediatric spiritual support for children, young people and their families, using the services of Chestnut Tree House, as they come to terms with living with their own particular situations, supporting them as they find their own sense of meaning and purpose.
• Manage and prioritise referrals to the Chaplaincy and Pastoral Care service of Chestnut Tree House.
• To be a resource to the multi-disciplinary team at Chestnut Tree House in their understanding of, and response to spiritual, religious and pastoral care needs; working in collaboration with chaplaincy services across the Southern Hospice Group.
• Provide and support appropriate training, including participation in internal and external training programmes, to promote good practice in spiritual care and paediatric informed spiritual care.
• To offer pastoral, spiritual, and religious support to Chestnut Tree House staff and volunteers.
• To foster links, and work collaboratively, with other faith, belief and spirituality leaders in the community for the benefit of patients, families and carers using the services of the Chestnut Tree House and the Southern Hospice Group.
• To work with the multi-disciplinary team in the provision of bereavement care at Chestnut Tree House, including offering advice and information to families about funerals/memorial services and other related issues and, where appropriate, to officiate funerals.

About us

Southern Hospice Group is the largest group of hospices in Sussex and one of the largest in the UK.We are committed to providing exceptional and compassionate care to adults, children and their families across Sussex. Bringing our teams and resources together as one organisation means we can focus on new and exciting visions and plans for our people and patients and provide even greater opportunities for our workforce.

Chestnut Tree Houseis the children’s hospice for East and West Sussex and South East Hampshire, providing specialist palliative care for children and young people with life-limiting conditions.

St Barnabas House provides specialist palliative care to adults in the Worthing, Adur, Arun and Henfield areas through a range of services, including in-patient care and community living well services.

Martlets provides essential care to people affected by terminal illness in Brighton and Hove and surrounding areas. Our expert teams provide the very best care and support, helping patients and their loved ones to live life to the full during the precious time they have together.

Benefits

• Company pension scheme or NHS pension scheme for eligible employees
• Up to 35 days’ annual leave inclusive of bank holidays
• On-site education support and study leave opportunities
• Option to access Bupa and cover your everyday cost of healthcare for less
• Free parking, subsidised meals and various social activities
• Corporate rate gym membership, discounts with local complementary therapies and Blue Light Card
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Death in Service

We warmly welcome applications from all sections of our community. We also invite applications from suitably experienced people for all industry sectors who can demonstrate the skills, ability and enthusiasm to work with a people-centric organisation like ours.

Artificial intelligence (AI)

Your application and interview should give us an accurate and authentic picture of your skills and experiences. Artificial intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action.

Before you submit an application, we will ask you to confirm the information you provide is true and accurate.Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action.

Please note that we reserve the right to close this vacancy before the published closing date where applicant volume is high.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for an Enhanced submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.