CHAPLAINCY ASSISTANT

The GEO Group Australia Pty Ltd.; South Bay (FL); On-site; USD 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

GEO Secured Services is seeking a Chaplain to provide religious and spiritual leadership for inmates in a Florida facility. The role coordinates all religious services, counseling, and outside volunteer opportunities, working closely with the psychology team and faith leaders.

Key duties include organizing religious education, recruiting volunteers from represented faiths, and communicating with families when inmates are ill or pass away. Strong organizational and computer skills are essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in pastoral counseling, biblical studies, theology, or related field.
• Excellent organizational and communication skills.
• Ability to work with people in varying and complex situations.
• Working knowledge of business English and basic software usage.

Responsibilities

• Provides religious counseling and spiritual guidance within the facility.
• Plans and coordinates religious programs and trains volunteers.
• Notifies family and inmates in serious illness, injury, or death.
• Coordinates with community groups and manages donations for the religious program.
• Ensures equal status and protection for all inmate religions.

Skills

Communication skills

Organizational skills

Interpersonal skills

Computer literacy

Education

Bachelor’s degree in pastoral counseling

Tools

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Outlook

Job description

The compensation and benefits information is accurate as of the date of this posting. The Company reserves the right to modify this information at any time, with or without notice, subject to applicable law.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Overview

Are you looking for a career you can feel good about? We hire only those that strive to do their best. By joining our family, you\'ll receive the honor and recognition that comes with working for the industry\'s global leader in evidenced based rehabilitation.

Who We Are:

GEO provides complementary, turnkey solutions for numerous government partners worldwide across a spectrum of diversified correctional and community reentry services. From the development of state-of-the-art facilities and the provision of management services and evidence-based rehabilitation to the post-release reintegration and supervision of individuals in the community, GEO offers fully diversified, cost-effective services that deliver enhanced quality and improved outcomes.

Why Work for GEO:

• We believe that work is more than a place you go to every day. It is about being inspired and motivated to achieve extraordinary things.
• Employee benefits play an important role in making The GEO Group a great place to work. At GEO, we believe in the three pillars of employee wellbeing: physical, emotional, and financial. With comprehensive benefits and competitive wages, we trust that you will find all the resources you need here to be successful.

Responsibilities

Summary

This position assists the Chaplain in providing religious and spiritual opportunities for the inmates of the facility. In addition, the position schedules and coordinates all religious and spiritual services, counseling, and outside volunteer opportunities for the inmates of the facility.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

• Provides religious counseling and spiritual guidance within the facility at the direction of the psychology team.
• Assists in planning and coordinating all aspects of the religious program including approval and training of volunteers from faiths represented by the inmate population. Assists in making all serious illness, injury, and death notifications to family and inmates when an inmate becomes seriously ill, injured, or expires.
• Assists conducting a religious education programs at the facility. In addition, actively promotes the benefits of the religious education programs and recruits inmates into them.
• Assists inmates in contacting individual with appropriate faith credentials when a religious representative is not readily available at the facility.
• Assist in developing and maintaining communication with community groups and approves equipment and other material donations of equipment for the religious program. Helps to assure equal status and protection for all inmate religions.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in pastoral counseling, biblical studies, theology, or related degree. Previous pastoral education or equivalent specialized training and endorsement by the appropriate religious certifying body.
• Excellent organizational and communication skills. Ability to understand and carry out moderately complex oral and written instructions; to make minor decisions in accordance with rules and regulations as they apply to work problems; to maintain company records; and to meet and deal effectively with the public and inmates
• Must be able to deal with people in a variety of changing and complex situations.
• General clerical aptitude. Working knowledge of business English, good grammatical and spelling skills, and ability to develop correspondence, reports and operational directives.
• Ability to work with computers and the necessary software typically used by the department.

GEO Secured Services