Chaplaincy Assistant - Inmate Spiritual Services & Programs

The GEO Group Australia Pty Ltd.; Murrells Inlet (SC); On-site; USD 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

GEO Secured Services in Murrells Inlet, SC is seeking a Chaplain to provide religious and spiritual opportunities for inmates and to schedule and coordinate services, counseling, and outside volunteer opportunities.

You will oversee planning of the religious program, train volunteers from represented faiths, notify families of serious illness or death, and support inmate education and outreach programs; a Bachelor’s degree in pastoral counseling or theology is required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in pastoral counseling, biblical studies, theology, or related degree.
• Excellent organizational and communication skills. Ability to understand and carry out moderately complex instructions; maintain company records and meet with inmates.
• Ability to work with people in changing and complex situations.
• General clerical aptitude. Proficiency in business English, grammar and spelling, and ability to develop correspondence and reports.

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 religious education programs at the facility. Promotes benefits of the religious education programs and recruits inmates into them.
• Assists inmates in contacting individuals with appropriate faith credentials when a religious representative is not readily available at the facility.
• Develops and maintains communication with community groups and approves equipment and other material donations for the religious program. Ensures equal status and protection for all inmate religions.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Skills

Pastoral counseling

Education

Bachelor’s degree in pastoral counseling, biblical studies, theology, or related degree

Job description

GEO Secured Services in Murrells Inlet, SC is seeking a Chaplain to provide religious and spiritual opportunities for inmates and to schedule and coordinate services, counseling, and outside volunteer opportunities.

You will oversee planning of the religious program, train volunteers from represented faiths, notify families of serious illness or death, and support inmate education and outreach programs; a Bachelor’s degree in pastoral counseling or theology is required.