The Senior Coordinating Chaplain will coordinate the delivery of Prison Chaplaincy Service ("PCS") across the Department for Correctional Services ("DCS") prison system, to ensure a multi-faith service focused on addressing the spiritual needs, religious needs, and general wellbeing needs of prisoners detained within the SA Correctional system.
The Senior Coordinating Chaplain will ensure prisoners' spiritual and religious care needs are identified, assessed, and met in accordance with human rights conventions and security protocols and are given the chance to express their faith or practice their religion through the provision of appropriate sacred texts, rituals, religious practices and literature.
In conjunction with the DCS Volunteer Unit, they will be accountable for the recruitment, placement, training and ongoing management of spiritual and religious care service providers within all SA prisons and maintain central oversight of the activity undertaken by all 'Other Faith Engagement services.
We are looking for a full time (1.0FTE) or as negotiated, Senior Coordinating Chaplain who will be responsible for ensuring the following services and activities occur across the DCS prison system:
Prison Chaplaincy Service (PCS)



is operating across the prison system with central oversight and management occurring through the Principal Chaplain and Advisor Faith Engagement;
prisoners' spiritual and religious care needs are identified, assessed, and met in accordance with human rights conventions and security protocols, through the provision of a multi-faith service focussed on religious, spiritual, and general wellbeing needs;
prisoners are given the opportunity to express their faith or practice their religion through the provision of appropriate sacred texts, rituals, religious practices and literature;
service providers i.e. Chaplains, student Chaplains, visiting Clergy (Professional Visitor), Prison Chaplaincy Support Workers (PCSW)1, are to work in a collaborative manner with DCS staff in order to address the spiritual and religious care needs and general wellbeing needs of prisoners.
Applications are required to specifically address the selection criteria set out in the Position Description and Person Specification.
The Position Description and Person Specification is available via our website UCA SA - Current positions.
Confidential enquiries to be directed to Grant Pearson, Chaplaincy and Professional Standards Manager via ******** *** or ******.
Please submit your application to Seek via the apply button before the close date of Friday, 24 July **** at 5:00pm.

📌 Senior Coordinating Chaplain (Adelaide)
🏢 Uniting Church in Australia
📍 Adelaide