28684 - SC: Managing Chaplain

Overview

Job holders within this group will provide religious and pastoral care of prisoners and staff in their own faith tradition and have an understanding/ knowledge of other differing faiths.  

Will manage all the staff within the Chaplaincy team.   Structured learning and experienced pastoral care is required to deliver this to prisoners and staff. The job holder will need to keep abreast of changes within own work area and comply with HMPPS policy.

Will have regular pre-planned prisoner facing activities/duties. Will also manage ad hoc requests from prisoners if and when deemed appropriate.

This is a non-operational job with line management responsibilities.

Characteristics

Typical tasks associated with this Group Profile include:

Accountable for the performance of the Chaplaincy team and the staff within it.

Manage the achievement of qualitative and quantitative standards including Service Delivery Indicators (SDI's) within the function, verifying and signing off  documentation as appropriate. Analyse and act upon data which is relevant to Chaplaincy

Ensure that all staff within the Chaplaincy team contribute to providing decent conditions for prisoners and a safe working environment for staff

Promote prison service policy in all activities and behaviours e.g. promote diversity, decency, safety and reducing re-offending agendas

 Will have the skills to apply all Human Resources (HR) related policies and practices and be able to carry out all aspects of people management such as attendance management, disciplinary investigations, performance management and staff appraisals

Responsible for ensuring Prisoner's complaints(including those involving litigation claims) relevant to the Chaplaincy team, have been dealt with in accordance with policy

Produce relevant reports as required and ensure all correspondence is replied to within agreed timescales

Oversee the compilation and achievement of any performance improvement programmes, reporting on progress regularly as appropriate

Manage the appropriate authorisation of financial compliance statements

Manage devolved budgets in accordance with the financial procedures outlined in the budget delegation

Ensure that Chaplaincy produces and analyses audit and establishment performance management information identifying variances and areas requiring improvements

Contribute ot the establishments overall acheiviements of SDI's and standards and be accountable for the performance and delivery of targets relating to the budget and People Plan for the function

Responsible for leading the development of local policy, procedures and practice and the implementation of national policy in relation to the chaplaincy service and lead activities. Contributes toward the development of general HMPPS local policy, procedures and practice. Ensures that current Chaplaincy practice is in line with policy (both national and local)  

Contribute to the development and delivery of the medium-to-long term strategic and business plan for the establishment, with overall responsibility for implementation within their function

Attend relevant boards/meetings and actively contribute either as chair or team member

Responsible for ensuring work areas and associated activities comply with Health and Safety legislation. Ensure all risk assessments are undertaken and staff are made aware of their personal responsibility towards Health and Safety compliance

Work collaboratively and provide constructive challenge to colleagues to ensure that their own and other functions are joined up and together contribute towards the overall delivery of the establishments performance

Contribute to the preparation of the establishment contingency and emergency plans and ensure implementation when required.

Carries out investigations and administration in relation to incidents of potential discrimination and reports on findings.  

Responsible for ensuring relevant actions arising from Standard Audit, Her Majesty Inspectorate of Prisons (HMIP) Action Plans, Managing Quality of Prison Life (MQPL) surveys including local self audit action plans and Resettlement strategies are delivered

Job Descriptions relating to this Group Profile

Senior Chaplain : Managing Chaplain

Essential Skills/Qualifications/Accreditation/Registration

The job holder must meet the HMPPS specified faith eligibility requirements of their faith tradition. Details of some of the HMPPS faith eligibility requirements can be found listed below.    

Will have proven experience and skills in pastoral care and pastoral leadership, including crisis events.

Must be suitably qualified and have a formal recognised qualification in theology or religious study and be experienced such that the job holder will have received formal endorsements (where relevant) from the faith community to which they belong.

Must have working knowledge of other faiths represented within a prison to enable them to work in a multi faith environment.

Faith Eligibility Requirements:

Anglican

Be an ordained member of the Anglican Communion (or of churches part of the Porvoo and Meissen Agreements).

Will normally need to have been in Holy Orders for a minimum of three years. Have formal endorsement in the form of the Licence of the Diocesan Bishop*.

OR

Be a licensed Reader, [Religious sister or brother, Church Army officer or other appropriately qualified or licensed minister in the Anglican tradition*] subject to agreement from Anglican Bishop to Prisons.

Have formal endorsement in the form of the licence of the Diocesan Bishop (* Evidence required before appointment)

Free Church

Be an accredited ordained minister of a Free Church denomination, which is a member of Churches Together in England and Wales.

Formal endorsement from the candidates own denomination through the HMPPS Free Church Adviser. Church Leaders, e.g. Moderators, Chairs and Superintendents etc will be asked to provide written confirmation attesting to credentials, qualifications and accountability of each candidate sponsored by their denomination.

Ordained Free Church Chaplains will have completed some period of post-ordination consolidation (normally at least 2 years post ordination/ training). They will have shown to the National Leadership of their denomination that they can effectively practice and fulfil the skills and competencies required of a Faith leader.

Formal recognised qualification in theology or religious study and Professional Recognition by Denomination generally representing at least 3 years of study, normally to Degree standard.

OR

Need to have received training to a recognised academic competence in Theology, Biblical Studies and Pastoral Care. Required to be an Accredited Minister of their denomination.

Formal endorsement from the candidates  own denomination through the HMPPS Free Church Adviser. Church Leaders, e.g. Moderators, Chairs and Superintendents will be asked to provide written confirmation attesting to credentials, qualifications and accountability of each candidate sponsored by their denomination.

Free Church Chaplains (non-Ordained / Deacons) are trained Faith practitioners in their own communities. They have demonstrated consistently to a range of people (academic / pastoral / practical) that they have effective communication and relational skills in order to have achieved this level of accreditation.

Formal recognised qualification in theology or religious study generally representing at least three years of Part Time study, normally to Diploma standard.

Roman Catholic

Be an ordained priest of the Roman Catholic Church.

Formal endorsement in the form of recognition from the appropriate Diocesan Bishop or Religious Superior, and formal agreement to work in specific Dioceses by the local Diocesan Bishop (evidence required before appointment).

Have relevant practical experience in the delivery of worship, group work and pastoral care.

OR

Be an ordained Permanent deacon, Religious brother or sister or a suitably qualified lay person of the Roman Catholic church.

Formal endorsement in the form of recognition from the appropriate Diocesan Bishop or Religious Superior* (evidence required before appointment).

Orthodox

Be an ordained priest or bishop of the Orthodox Church in Communion with the See of Constantinople.

Will normally need to have been in Holy Orders for a minimum of three years.

Have formal endorsement in the form of the certificate of Ordination of a Bishop, Metropolitan or Patriarch. *(Evidence required before appointment or approval from the Advisor to MOJ subject to agreement from Orthodox Advisor to MOJ/ Orthodox Bishops Pastoral Committee  .

Be an Ordained Deacon, Subdeacon, Reader or monastic or be qualified by the Bishops for this ministry.

Have formal endorsement in the form of the certificate of Ordination or qualification from a Bishop, Metropolitan or Patriarch. *(Evidence required before appointment or approval from the Advisor to MOJ, subject to agreement from Orthodox Advisor to

Moj/Orthodox Bishops Pastoral Committee)

Hindu

Be a committed and practising Hindu

Display a competent understanding of Hindu teaching and practice

Have demonstrable knowledge of Hindu philosophy and rituals

Have endorsement from the Prison Service Hindu Faith Adviser* (Evidence required before appointment)

Muslim

Have an in-depth knowledge of Islam (preferably hold a recognised qualification in

Islamic Studies at graduate level)

Have practical relevant experience

Demonstrate at least three years of excellent Imam skills (relevant practical experience in delivery of worship, group work and pastoral care)

Formal endorsement from the candidates faith community through the Prison  Service Muslim Adviser at Chaplaincy HQ* (Evidence required before appointment)

Sikh

Keep the Sikh Symbols

Display a competent understanding of Sikh teaching and practice and be able to read and recite Sikh prayers

Be reasonably fluent/able to communicate effectively in English and Punjabi   Have endorsement from the Prison Service Sikh Faith Adviser* (Evidence required before appointment)

Hours of Work and Allowances

37 hour working week

Required Hours Allowance

This role requires regularly working unpredictable and unsocial hours and be on call to attend their place of work at anytime. A 15% payment will be paid in addition to your basic pay to recognise this. Unsocial hours are those hours outside 0700 - 1900hrs Monday to Friday and include working evening, nights, weekends and Bank / Public holidays.

Behaviours

Communicating and Influencing

Managing a Quality Service

Making Effective Decisions

Leadership

Working Together

Essential Experience

Will have proven experience and skills in pastoral care and pastoral leadership, including crisis events.

Technical Requirements

N.B these are the technical requirements for the group profile, please check the individual job description relating to this group profile for any job specific requirements and add if required.

Must complete specific training to hold The qualifications required for area of specialism outlined on the relevant Job Description.

Must be suitably qualified and have a formal recognised qualification in theology or religious study and be experienced such that the job holder will have received formal endorsements (where relevant) from the faith community to which they belong.