Job Posting: Protestant Chaplain
CDCR - San Quentin State Prison
$5,440.00 - $7,142.00 per Month
Final Filing Date: 5/31/2024
This position is being readvertised. If you have already applied for this Job Control you do not need to reapply
LIMITED TERM 12 MONTHS; MAY BE EXTENDED UP TO 24 MONTHS OR BECOME PERMANENT.
**Individuals who are eligible for Training and Development assignment may also be considered for this position (s).
Under direction of the Community Resource Manager, this position is responsible to provide spiritual and moral guidance to State institution residents; to conduct Protestant religious services; to provide pastoral care; to give instruction; and to do other related work. This position will also supervise and report attendance for a minimum of two inmate workers assigned to the Protestant Chaplain. Duties include, but are not limited to the following.
Conduct regular daily and/or weekly worship services, special religious services on religious and national holidays, memorial services and funeral services. Provide pastoral visiting to hospitals, work programs, visiting areas, housing units, group activities, and families of inmates. Ensure that weekly religious services/visits are provided to all inmates and to the condemned inmates on Death Row. Provide individual, family, grief, marital, pre-release planning, and other pertinent counseling. Responsible for organizing, scheduling, and conducting the religious programs appropriate to your faith. Also responsible for approving the scheduling and conducting of religious programs by volunteer community clergy and volunteer religious representatives. Provide religious education such as scripture studies, liturgy, history, comparative religion, religious values, contemporary issues, and sacred music. Study and sermon preparation; administer the sacraments of the sick, Baptism, Communion, marriage, and Confirmation. Responsible for the management of your office, preparing and submitting reports, incoming and outgoing correspondence, and record keeping. Attends all training, meetings, and seminars as needed or required. Performs other related duties as assigned.
You will find additional information about the job in the Duty Statement.
Vision
We enhance public safety and promote successful community reintegration through education, treatment, and active participation in rehabilitative and restorative justice programs.
Mission
To facilitate the successful reintegration of the individuals in our care back to their communities equipped with the tools to be drug-free, healthy, and employable members of society by providing education, treatment, rehabilitative, and restorative justice programs, all in a safe and humane environment.
The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation and the California Correctional Health Care Services are committed to building an inclusive and culturally diverse workplace. We are determined to attract and hire more candidates from diverse communities and empower all employees from a variety of cultural backgrounds, perspectives, and personal experiences. We are proud to foster inclusion and drive collaborative efforts to increase representation at all levels of the Department.
San Quentin State Prison is California's oldest and best-known correctional institution, which was established on the site currently known as Point San Quentin, in July of 1852, as an answer to the rampant lawlessness in California at the time. The prison rests overlooking the bay on 432 acres and is located just 12 miles north of the Golden Gate Bridge in the county of Marin. The walled prison is made up of four (4) large cell blocks (West, South, North, and East Block), one (1) maximum security cell block (the Adjustment Center), Central Health Care Service Building, a medium security dorm setting and a minimum-security firehouse.
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**Possession of Minimum Qualifications will be verified prior to interview and/or appointment. If you are meeting Minimum Qualifications with education, you must include your unofficial transcripts/diploma for verification. Official transcripts may be required upon appointment. If it is determined an applicant does not meet the Minimum Qualifications, the candidate will be withheld from the eligibility list, rendering them inactive and ineligible to be hired for the position. Candidates who have been withheld may file an appeal with the State Personnel Board.
**Candidates new to CDCR are required to submit to a background investigation process utilizing Live Scan Fingerprinting, and Tuberculosis testing prior to appointment followed by department annual Tuberculosis testing/evaluation thereafter.
**EMAIL ADDRESS
CDCR employees are encouraged to use their existing CDCR email address on their job application, but it is not a requirement.
Completed applications and all required documents must be received or postmarked by the Final Filing Date in order to be considered. Dates printed on Mobile Bar Codes, such as the Quick Response (QR) Codes available at the USPS, are not considered Postmark dates for the purpose of determining timely filing of an application.
Final Filing Date: 5/31/2024Who May Apply
How To Apply
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Required Application Package Documents
The following items are required to be submitted with your application. Applicants who do not submit the required items timely may not be considered for this job:
Currently ordained, duly accredited by, and in good standing with a nationally recognized Protestant denomination. Must provide a Letter of Certification of "Good Standing."