Job summary
Building on your past experience within a faith community/belief group, are you enthusiastic and passionate about delivering good quality spiritual and pastoral care to people using mental health services?
We seek a chaplain to work both with inpatients and community patients, as part of a large specialist chaplaincy team which provides religious, spiritual & pastoral care in a wide range of mental health & learning disability services. We provide training and clinical supervision in mental health to enhance your transferable skills.
You will be part of the teams at Hopewood Park in Sunderland (adults). You will also work at Ferndene Children/Young People's Unit in Prudhoe, and will offer community chaplaincy in Sunderland, visiting service-users in their own homes.
You will have had accredited faith or belief system training and post-qualification experience of spiritual and pastoral care, and have the vision and motivation to use your particular skills and interests in the challenging but rewarding environment of mental health. You will have a knowledge of and demonstrable sensitivity towards people from diverse belief traditions. You must be in good standing with a church / belief community that is endorsed by the Healthcare Chaplaincy Faith and Belief Group.
This post is open to employees within Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Trust and External Applicants. Interviews will be held via video conferencing (Microsoft Teams), on the afternoon of 12 December 2022.
Main duties of the job
To work as a member of the chaplaincy team which seeks, in the context of the fields of mental health, learning disabilities and neurological disorders, to meet the spiritual, religious and pastoral needs of the trust's patients, carers and staff within a framework of user choice, appropriate to their culture and within resources available.
To work with service users, staff, volunteers and carers, their associated community-based services and faith communities.
The chaplain will offer inpatient chaplaincy to adults at Hopewood Park, and to young people at Ferndene.
The chaplain will also undertake community work in Sunderland, working with patients referred to chaplaincy by the community mental health services of the Trust, but also offering advice to faith groups as to how they can support people in the community who are experiencing mental health difficulties.
Although working with a great deal of independence and freedom to act, the chaplain will belong to the local teams caring for the particular hospitals, who form part of the wider Chaplaincy Team of the Trust.
About us
We aim to attract and retain a diverse, talented and committed workforce, who are caring and compassionate, and therefore able to meet the demands of the modern NHS now and in the future. In return we can offer a dynamic working environment in which to build a career.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Informal enquiries welcomed by the Chaplaincy Team Leader, the Revd Dr Neil Cockling 07810 528169.
Please find attached job description for full details.
Advertising date : 10th November 2022
Closing date : 23rd November 2022.
We welcome your application.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Informal enquiries welcomed by the Chaplaincy Team Leader, the Revd Dr Neil Cockling 07810 528169.
Please find attached job description for full details.
Advertising date : 10th November 2022
Closing date : 23rd November 2022.
We welcome your application.
Person Specification
Education and Qualification
Essential
- Degree-level qualification or equivalent
- Accreditation by a faith/belief community
Desirable
- Degree in theology or chaplaincy studies
- Relevant professional qualification
- Counselling qualification
- European Computer Driving Licence or equivalent
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- Demonstrable committed practice within own faith
- Facilitating formal/ informal ceremonies and group sessions
- Professional experience of working in cooperation
- Ecumenical and multi-faith team work
- Pastoral care in a voluntary or paid capacity
- A general understanding of the National Health Service
- A general understanding of community care issues
- A good understanding of own faith's teaching and practice
- Knowledge of a range of approaches to prayer/spirituality
- Understanding of role of religion, spirituality and culture
- Understanding chaplaincy in the public sector
Desirable
- Worked as a chaplain in the NHS for two years
- Care of people with mental health problems
- Care of people with learning disabilities
- Care of elderly people.
Skills and Competencies
Essential
- Listening and counselling skills
- Proven analytical and decision-making skills
- Ability to work in an ecumenical and inter-faith team
- A proven ability to develop and manage own workload
- A proven ability to reflect theologically and/or ethically
- Ability to travel between sites and venues
- Training and teaching skills
- IT Literacy
Desirable
- Creative and performing arts
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- Experience of working with children and young people
Person Specification
Education and Qualification
Essential
- Degree-level qualification or equivalent
- Accreditation by a faith/belief community
Desirable
- Degree in theology or chaplaincy studies
- Relevant professional qualification
- Counselling qualification
- European Computer Driving Licence or equivalent
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- Demonstrable committed practice within own faith
- Facilitating formal/ informal ceremonies and group sessions
- Professional experience of working in cooperation
- Ecumenical and multi-faith team work
- Pastoral care in a voluntary or paid capacity
- A general understanding of the National Health Service
- A general understanding of community care issues
- A good understanding of own faith's teaching and practice
- Knowledge of a range of approaches to prayer/spirituality
- Understanding of role of religion, spirituality and culture
- Understanding chaplaincy in the public sector
Desirable
- Worked as a chaplain in the NHS for two years
- Care of people with mental health problems
- Care of people with learning disabilities
- Care of elderly people.
Skills and Competencies
Essential
- Listening and counselling skills
- Proven analytical and decision-making skills
- Ability to work in an ecumenical and inter-faith team
- A proven ability to develop and manage own workload
- A proven ability to reflect theologically and/or ethically
- Ability to travel between sites and venues
- Training and teaching skills
- IT Literacy
Desirable
- Creative and performing arts
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- Experience of working with children and young people
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
