CHAPLAIN

ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, REHABILITATION & REENTRY

Our mission is to enhance public safety across Arizona through modern, effective correctional practices and meaningful engagements. The Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry (ADCRR) is committed to creating a safe, secure, and humane correctional system. With public safety top of mind, ADCRR and its more than 8,000 officers and professional staff are driven by a heart for public service and a commitment to deliver perfect effort each day.

ADCRR is redefining itself as an agency whose daily work centers on transparency, accountability, and fairness.

Arizona State Prison Complex (ASPC) – Lewis
26700 S. Highway 85
Buckeye, AZ 85326

$48,000.00
$51,600.00
$55,200.00

"Are you a religious leader seeking to make an eternal difference, to encourage moral and spiritual development for the benefit of society?" Come and join our team!
The Arizona Department of Correction, Rehabilitation & Reentry (ADCRR) is seeking a Chaplain to guide the religious accommodation of inmates. This will involve visiting and counseling inmates in their living spaces, work, recreation, and educational areas, including isolation/detention areas and inmates in protective segregation.

• Conducts religious services and studies, memorial services, and other services as directed by the supervising Chaplain for the benefit of the inmates and/or staff
• Coordinates, monitors, and documents religious accommodations and the performance and compliance of religious volunteers
• Interacts with local church groups, visits clergy and the religious community on behalf of the Department with approval of, and under the direction of the supervising Chaplain
• Confers with supervising chaplain for direction on appropriate responses to staff, volunteer, inmate, or public questions regarding religious programming, privileges, donations, and pastoral visits
• Advises the Deputy Warden and security staff on any religious issues that may directly affect the inmates on an assigned unit
• Maintains documentation and prepares articles and reports
• Receives and delivers information to inmates and inmate families regarding deaths, serious illnesses, and overnight hospitalizations
• Evaluates and responds to inmate requests for special religious services, diets, or privileges
• May be required to drive on state business
• Performs other duties appropriate to the assignment

Knowledge of:

• Principles and practices of pastoral care and counseling
• Religious publications or holy books pertinent to a variety of religions
• Personal computer software programs sufficient to perform daily tasks
• Public relations and public speaking

Skill in:

• Written and verbal communication
• Building and maintaining interpersonal relationships
• Crisis intervention
• Conflict resolution
• Stress management
• Interpreting and assimilating information
• Analyzing complex situations
• Resolving complex religious accommodation issues

Ability to:

• Work in a prison environment
• Learn the Arizona Correctional Information System (ACIS)
• Adhere to all departmental rules, regulations, policies, and procedures as they apply to inmate grooming, litigation, and discipline
• Comprehend various religions represented in the inmate population, including major tenets, religious service requirements, religious property requirements, and dietary requirements
• Adapt to changing priorities

• A minimum of two (2) years of full-time experience conducting religious services, which include pastoral care, counseling, and teaching
• Minimum of one (1) unit of Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE)
• Bachelor’s and/or Master’s Degree…