PSYCHIATRIC CHAPLAIN 2 - 04082025-66831

Job Information

LOCATION OF (1) POSITION(S) TO BE FILLED: DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION, MARK LUTTRELL TRANSITION CENTER, SHELBY COUNTY

This position requires a criminal background check. Therefore, you may be required to provide information about your criminal history in order to be considered for this position.

Qualifications

Overview

Responsibilities

1. Interprets a variety of current rules, regulations, policies, procedures and documentation for internal and external business partners to facilitate understanding.

Processing Information:

1. Processes individual and/or group religious accommodations requests per policy.
2. Verifies information from external and internal business partners to ensure accuracy of information received.
3. Compiles various reports per policy and special requests.
4. Compiles files for all religious requests from offenders/clients and/or outside business partners.

Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards:

1. Evaluates current policies that pertain to chaplain to ensure compliance and makes recommendations as needed.

Developing and Building Teams:

1. Models effective performance for co-workers to encourage success and enhance trust.

Judging the Qualities of Things, Services, or People:

1. Evaluates the performance of volunteers to ensure compliance with policies and procedures.

Communicating with Persons Outside Organization:

1. Communicates with external business partners to obtain/verify information received.
2. Communicates between offender/clients and their families due to illness and/or death.
3. Communicates with volunteers to ensure coverage based on the needs of the facility/institution.
4. Communicates with families of staff members as needed.
5. Communicates with outside callers and senders to ensure questions are directed to the appropriate individuals.

Assisting and Caring for Others:

1. Provides emotional support to offender/clients family and staffs family as needed or requested.
2. Provides emotional support to offenders/clients and staff as needed or requested.

Coordinating the Work and Activities of Others:

1. Coordinates special activities by utilizing various volunteer groups.

Developing Objectives and Strategies:

1. Establishes short and long term goals based on the needs of the facility and/or offenders/clients.

Scheduling Work and Activities:

1. Schedules religious activities to meet the various needs of each faith group.
2. Schedules volunteers participation based on the needs of the facility.
3. Schedules meetings with offenders/clients to discuss personal issues.
4. Schedules meetings with internal and external business partners to meet the needs of the facility and/or offender/client.
5. Schedules special activities and events.

Performing Administrative Activities:

1. Schedules events and programs as required.
2. Files records and reports as needed.
3. Types correspondence as needed.

Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work:

1. Incorporates last minute and unscheduled tasks into current workload to ensure timely and accurate completion of work.
2. Develops specific goals based on the needs of the offenders/clients.
3. Organizes and prioritizes personal workload using calendars, lists, and other facilitators to ensure timely and accurate completion of work.

Provide Consultation and Advice to Others:

1. Makes recommendations for changes that effect quality of agency operations and services.

Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships:

1. Maintains a professional working relationship with peers and upper management to ensure smooth and effective team operations.
2. Maintains interpersonal relationships with volunteers, community clergy and others as needed.

Monitor Processes, Materials, or Surroundings:

1. Monitors various religious activities to ensure compliance with departmental policies and procedures.
2. Monitors volunteers performance to ensure compliance.
3. Monitors the incoming of religious literature including but not limited to visual aids for appropriateness.
4. Monitors necessary communication between offenders/clients and their families due to illness and/or death.
5. Monitors the duties of assigned offenders/clients.

Resolving Conflicts and Negotiating with Others:

1. Maintains a respectful and productive work environment within the assigned work unit to minimize disputes and facilitate performance.
2. Maintains good rapport with internal business partners and offenders/clients.

Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates:

1. Communicates with supervisor for performance evaluation or needs.
2. Communicates with upper management regarding the daily operations of the facility.
3. Communicates with co-workers concerning the scheduling of special events and programs.

Estimating the Quantifiable Characteristics of Products, Events, or Information:

1. Estimates the quantity of food needed for religious feasts or activities.

Getting Information:

1. Receives information regarding backgrounds from new hires and current volunteers.
2. Receives information from applicants for volunteer services and clergy visitors.
3. Receives information from references for potential volunteers.
4. Receives information from offender/clients family concerning personal issues.
5. Receives information from various organizations regarding program participation.
6. Receives information from upper management concerning the daily operations of the facility.
7. Receives information from internal and external business partners.
8. Receives information from offenders/clients concerning various matters/requests.

Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge:

1. Maintains good standing with various faith groups.
2. Maintains up to date certification/licensure to ensure compliance with policy.
3. Maintains current knowledge on technology and resources.
4. Attends training to enhance job performance.

Interacting with Computers:

1. Obtains information using state database to obtain required information on offenders/clients.
2. Updates personal information in state database.
3. Uses computer to enter data on offenders/clients.
4. Uses office productivity software including but not limited to word processing programs, spreadsheet programs, presentation software, web-based e-mail programs, and search engines.
5. Uses computer to communicate with internal and external business partners.

Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events:

1. Identifies offenders/clients dedication or sincerity for religious requests.
2. Identifies the religious needs of offenders/clients in order to meet needs per policy.
3. Identifies offenders/clients religious items for staff to ensure compliance with policies and procedures.
4. Identifies work priorities to ensure the most important work is completed first.
5. Identifies offenders/clients religious preference.

Documenting/Recording Information:

1. Documents volunteer information in written or electronic form.
2. Records incidents that occur in assigned area.
3. Maintains files for all religious request from offenders/clients and/or outside business partners.
4. Documents counseling sessions.
5. Enters assigned offenders/clients pay.
6. Documents requested changes to religious preferences from offenders/clients in electronic or paper file.

Training and Teaching Others:

1. Conducts orientation for volunteers.
2. Conducts training to enhance knowledge for offenders/clients.
3. Conducts orientation for new employees to provide information on religious services.

Controlling Machines and Processes:

1. Operates a variety of office equipment including but not limited to copiers, scanners, fax machines, calculators and adding machines.

Operating Vehicles, Mechanized Devices or Equipment:

1. Operates vehicles as needed.

Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Material:

1. Conducts visual inspection of chapel to ensure appropriateness.
2. Inspects equipment assigned to chapel to identify errors or defects.

Competencies (KSA's)

1. Decision Quality
2. Ethics and Value
3. Standing Alone
4. Conflict Management
5. Written Communications
6. Approachability
7. Compassion
8. Integrity and Trust

Knowledge:

1. Customer and Personal Service
2. Education and Training
3. Philosophy and Theology
4. Psychology
5. Public Safety and Security
6. Therapy and Counseling

Skills:

1. Active Learning
2. Active Listening
3. Critical Thinking
4. Reading Comprehension
5. Speaking
6. Writing
7. Social Perceptiveness
8. Judgment and Decision Making
9. Time Management
10. Category Flexibility
11. Deductive Reasoning

Abilities:

1. Oral Comprehension
2. Oral Expression
3. Written Comprehension
4. Written Expression
5. Speech Clarity
6. Speech Recognition

Tools & Equipment

1. Personal Computer
2. Printer
3. Fax Machine
4. Copy Machine
5. Scanner
6. Shredder
7. DVD Player / Television
8. Telephone
9. Two-Way Radios
10. Digital Camera