Class Concept
Work in this class involves formulating, directing, supervising and participating in a comprehensive program of religious services and clinical pastoral/spiritual care on an interfaith basis for state facilities. This role evaluates religious/spiritual services and pastoral care programs as well as evaluating the performance of staff chaplains. This role provides spiritual, pastoral and emotional care and services to inmates, residents, patients and their families assigned to the most complex facilities, such as inmates with the highest custody level of supervision to include death row and chronic mental health. Chaplains are present at executions and support facility and community hospital with end of life protocols. This role plans, organizes and directs a recognized clinical chaplaincy training program with responsibility for coordinating and directing staff chaplains, clinical pastoral education students, interns, and volunteer/church funded chaplains. This role is responsible for cultivating and directing an interfaith program that represents a wide and diverse range of religions. This role coordinates visits to inmates and staff in community hospitals; lead or arrange approved religious rites and sacraments such as blots, communion, equinox, baptism, or holy days. This role coordinates pastoral volunteers. Programs may include interfaith services in chapel settings; include worship services, faith group studies, individual or group spiritual and pastoral care.
