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Anglican Chaplain

Please Note: The application deadline for this job has now passed.

Job Introduction

HMP Peterborough are recruiting for an Anglican Chaplain.

You will serve as a member of a multi-faith Chaplaincy team and assist with Sunday Services, groups, pastoral support and generic Chaplaincy duties. You will help to ensure that the diverse religious and spiritual needs of the prison community are met.

HMP/YOI Peterborough is the country’s only purpose-built prison for both male and female prisoners (kept separate at all times), including a 12-place mother and baby unit. We are committed to offering education and development programmes to provide residents with the skills required to enter employment on release, so reducing the chances of further offending. Providing creative outlets, such as workshop activities, helps to equip those in custody for when they are released. We use ‘Restorative Approaches’ to bring people in conflict into dialogue. Using a skilled and structured process, those who have been harmed have an opportunity to be heard and those that have caused the harm are held to account for what they have done. We have strong links with the community outside through a variety of partnerships, including our outreach activity Outside Links’ offering support and advice to both residents and their families.

For more information on Sodexo Careers please visit Sodexo Careers and Careers in Justice

Role Responsibility

  • Serve the needs of prisoners and staff by supporting religious faith and practice within the prison.
  • Work together to create an ordered and caring community where individuals can discover and practice their religion and develop and strengthen appropriate links with their family and faith communities.
  • Support prisoners of all faiths through facilitating religious prayers and teachings of faiths representative of the prison population.
  • Participate in the Team meetings and other establishment meetings when necessary.
  • Take on when necessary and appropriate generic chaplaincy duties including applications, new receptions, visiting prisoners in Separation and Care and in Healthcare centre.
  • Represent the prison and company to the local community.
  • Encourage the faith community outside the prison to take an active interest in the rehabilitation of prisoners.
  • Help prisoners prepare for release.
  • Work with other chaplains recognising and respecting the integrity of other faiths and promoting peace and co-operation.

The Ideal Candidate

  • The role would be suitable for an Anglican Ordained Vicar, Religious Brother, Sister, or Lay Person
  • Experience of working in a similar role.
  • Have the necessary recognition from lead faith authorities.
  • Great ability to work with the people of different ethnicities.
  • Ability and wish to work with clergy and volunteers of different faith backgrounds.
  • High level of inter personal skills including assertiveness and self-motivation.
  • Proven experience and skills in pastoral care, including crisis events.
  • The ability to challenge inappropriate behaviour.

Package Description

£7,887.36 - 8 hours per week working every Sunday.

20 days holiday plus bank holidays (pro-rated), pension, free meals on duty and free on-site parking.

About the Company

In the UK and Ireland, Sodexo employs some 36,000 employees to deliver integrated facilities management services to clients at over 2,000 locations in the energy, corporate, healthcare, education, leisure, defence and justice sectors. With an annual turnover of over £1bn, we provide everything from catering, cleaning and reception to security, laboratory and grounds maintenance services, enabling our clients to focus on their core business.

At Sodexo we are committed to a leading role in promoting equality opportunities and valuing diversity and inclusion. We seek to create a work environment based on mutual respect for all individuals, building a culture that appreciates and values the experiences and skills brought by each person to benefit our organisation and work hard to ensure that all people, whatever their race, colour, sex, gender identity  disability, nationality, national or ethnic origin, religion or belief, marital/partnership or family status, sexual orientation, age, social class, educational background, employment status, working pattern, are welcome to and included within our organisation. 

We’re a Disability Confident Leader employer. We’re committed to changing attitudes towards disability, and making sure disabled people have the chance to fulfil their aspirations.

We are building on our support to the Armed Forces community through the development of specific pathways within our recruitment process to  support ex-forces personnel and reservists, those applying for jobs with us who meet the ideal candidate criteria for the role advertised are guaranteed to progress to the selection process

Please note all roles within Sodexo Justice are subject to security and recruitment checks which may include a Social Media Check. You will also be asked to provide 5 years’ worth of references and request employment history details from the HMRC

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