RELIGIOUS SERVICES ADMINISTRATOR

The GEO Group, Inc.

Winton (NC)

On-site

USD 42,000 - 54,000

Full time

11 days ago

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Benefits offered by this job

Paid Time Off

Health Insurance

401(k) Matching

Health Savings Account

Tuition Reimbursement

Vision Insurance

Life Insurance

Dental Insurance

Paid Training

Employee Assistance Program

Flexible Spending Account

Tuition Discount

Pet Insurance

Employee Discount

Job summary

The Religious Services Administrator provides spiritual and pastoral care to detainees and facilitates their opportunity to pursue their individual religious beliefs and practices in accordance with current law and CBDC Standards.

The role coordinates all religious and volunteer programs, serving as the facility's expert on religious practices and ensuring fair access and respectful engagement for detainees from diverse faith backgrounds.

Qualifications

Ordained clergy or documented religious roles required.
Minimum of 3 years' experience providing pastoral education.
Thorough knowledge of major religions and their worship requirements.
Knowledge of security procedures in a detention setting.
Familiarity with ACA standards and related guidelines.
Ability to implement policy directives and ensure compliance.
Strong interpersonal communication with staff, detainees, and volunteers.
Experience in fiscal management and program budgeting.
Proven leadership to manage a religious services program.
Experience in interviewing and counseling individuals or groups.
Proficiency with computers and department software.

Responsibilities

Provides pastoral care and supports detainees' religious beliefs.
Schedules and coordinates religious and volunteer programs.
Acts as the facility's subject matter expert on religious practices.
Visits living areas and hospitalized detainees regularly.
Provides religious leadership at worship and coordinates local clergy.
Updates religious programs for new detainees.
Collaborates with the facility's compliance team to document religious practices.
Plans and coordinates all religious programs and training volunteers.
Develops training materials for staff on detainee beliefs and practices.
Performs other duties as assigned.

Skills

Pastoral care

Interpersonal communication

Religious knowledge

Security procedures

Policy compliance

Fiscal management

Counseling

Computers

Leadership

Education

Ordination/ministerial credentials

Job description

Benefits Information

Full-time employees will enjoy a competitive benefits package with options for you and your family including:

Paid Time Off

Paid Holidays

401(k) Matching

Health Insurance

Vision Insurance

Life Insurance

Health Savings Account

Tuition Reimbursement

Employee Discount

Reduced Tuition Rates

Disability Insurance

Employee Assistance Program

401(k)

Pet Insurance

Dental Insurance

Paid Training

Flexible Spending Account

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

The Religious Services Administrator provides spiritual and pastoral care to all detainees and facilitates their opportunity to pursue their individual religious beliefs and practices in accordance with current law, federal regulations, and the CBDC Standards. The Religious Services Administrator facilitates, schedules, and coordinates all religious and volunteer programs to accommodate the diverse religious and spiritual needs of all detainees. In addition, it is the facility's subject matter expert concerning religious practices.

Primary Duties And Responsibilities

The Religious Services Administrator provides pastoral care regarding individual spiritual and personal support, assisting in emergency notifications, helping to bring resolution to crisis situations involving detainees, staff, or their families, responding to identified needs of detainees, being an advocate for the religious rights of detainees and administering all requests for Religious Beliefs.

Visits living areas and those hospitalized on a regular basis.

Provides regular and person religious leadership at worship and prayer gatherings, establishing working relationships with local clergy and coordinating their contributions to the facility's religious program, providing assistance to such clergy in the understanding of detainee related problems, overseeing all religious services and meetings, and overseeing the fair and equitable management of all resources.

The Religious Services Administrator provides and updates religious programs for presentation to newly arrived detainees.

Collaborates with the facility's compliance team in documenting ongoing compliance with the religious practices component of the facility and collaborating with all departments for ongoing socialization of detainees.

The Religious Services Administrator plans, directs, and coordinates all aspects of religious program and volunteer services, including selection, approval and training of both lay and clergy volunteers.

Develops and facilitates training programs and materials for staff in new and/or unfamiliar issues of detainee religious beliefs and practices, providing appropriate training for staff (both lay and clergy volunteers) concerning cultural, social, and religious diversity and an awareness and sensitivity to differences of all faiths represented by the inmate population and representing the facility’s Religious Services Program in appropriate public forums.

Performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Minimum Requirements

Is an ordained clergy or member of ecclesiastically recognized religious institutes. In lieu of professional ordination credentials, adequate documentation of the applicants' recognized religious and ministerial roles in their respective faith communities is required.

Three (3) years' experience providing pastoral education.

A complete and thorough knowledge of all recognized religions as well as their basic tenets and worship requirements.

Knowledge of basic security procedures in a detention setting and the skill to implement/maintain these procedures within the religious program.

Knowledge of existing facility's, relevant Policy and Procedure Standards of the American Correctional Association, and other guidelines that govern religious programming.