Chaplain (Catholic)

City of New York; New York (NY); On-site; USD 57,000 - 66,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Public Service Loan Forgiveness

Job summary

The City of New York Department of Correction is seeking a Chaplain to provide spiritual care and counseling to people in custody, staff, and visitors. The role includes leading religious services, coordinating programs, and ensuring compliance with all laws and standards.

The chaplain will operate within a diverse environment across facilities, delivering rites and sacraments, and supporting humane services while aligning with city policies and PSLF programs where applicable.

Qualifications

• Ecclesiastical endorsement by the official endorsing agency of the candidate's faith or denomination and by the Committee on Chaplaincies.
• Experience leading chaplaincy programs and providing pastoral care within a corrections environment.
• Ability to coordinate religious services, counseling, and community engagement with diverse groups.

Responsibilities

• Instruct and coordinate religious education classes and services.
• Instruct religious education classes and organize study groups.
• Administer rites and sacraments and provide individual and group counseling.
• Coordinate congregate and community engagement events with internal and external partners.
• Notify next of kin in serious incidents involving those in custody.
• Enter data related to chaplaincy services accurately and timely.
• Schedule and supervise religious volunteers and ensure compliance with laws and policies.
• Collaborate with staff to support institutional programs.

Skills

Ecclesiastical endorsement

Counseling and pastoral care

Religious services leadership

Communication and documentation

Education

Four Units of CPE

Job description

The New York City Department of Correction (DOC) is an integral part of the City’s evolving criminal justice system, participating in reform initiatives and strategies aimed to move the City towards a smaller jail system without compromising public safety. The DOC is responsible for maintaining a safe and secure environment for our employees, visitors, volunteers, and people in our custody. Importantly, safe jails enable DOC to provide people in custody with the tools and opportunities they need to successfully re-enter their communities. The DOC operates facilities and court commands across the five boroughs with more than 7,500 diverse professionals and knowledgeable experts.

Duties

• Instruct religious education classes.
• Schedule religious congregate services in full compliance with all applicable laws, rules, directives, policies, protocols, and standards.
• Administer rites and/or sacraments.
• Conduct individual and group counseling, religious education study groups.
• Instruct religious education classes and study groups.
• Coordinate congregate and community engagement events in collaboration with internal and external parties.
• Notify next of kin in cases of serious injury, illness, or death of a person in custody.
• Assist the counseling services unit as needed with the coordination of arrangements for persons in custody to attend the wake or funeral of an immediate family member.
• Ensure that data and tracking sheets pertaining to chaplaincy services are entered accurately and submitted in a timely manner.
• Collaborate with other staff members in carrying out institutional programs.
• Ensure the religious services offered are in full compliance with all applicable laws, rules, directives, policies, protocols and standards.
• Schedule, supervise, and support religious volunteers.
• Clear communication skills, charting experience and knowledge of Word or Excel.
• Perform related duties as required.

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Minimum Qualifications

Ecclesiastical endorsement by the official endorsing agency of the candidate's faith or denomination, and by the Committee on Chaplaincies.

Preferred Skills

• Four Units of CPE (Clinical Pastoral Education).
• Experience leading MBSR or similar meditation modalities.
• Familiarity with various religious beliefs is desirable.

Public Service Loan Forgiveness

As a prospective employee of the City of New York, you may be eligible for federal loan forgiveness programs and state repayment assistance programs. For more information, please visit the U.S. Department of Education’s website at https://studentaid.gov/pslf/.

Residency Requirement

New York City Residency is not required for this position

Additional Information

The City of New York is an inclusive equal opportunity employer committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce and providing a work environment that is free from discrimination and harassment based upon any legally protected status or protected characteristic, including but not limited to an individual's sex, race, color, ethnicity, national origin, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, veteran status, gender identity, or pregnancy.

, $57,424.00 – $66,038.00