Protestant Chaplain

$5,743.00 - $7,541.00 per Month
New to State candidates will be hired into the minimum salary of the classification or minimum of alternate range when applicable.

Final Filing Date: 10/31/2026

Under the direction of the Community Resource Manager, the Protestant Chaplain provides religious services. The Chaplain interviews and counsels incarcerated persons on ethical and moral problems and spiritual matters; prepares and conducts religious services and administers religious rites; organizes and instructs classes in religious ethics and sacred music, coordinates the program conducted in the institution by visiting religious and allied groups, counsels with incarcerated persons regarding family/personal problems, serves when designated, as a member of or consultant to classification committees, works with incarcerated person groups and incarcerated person activities.

Recruits, trains, and supervises community volunteer chaplains.
May Provide supervision of assigned incarcerated person workers. To meet the criteria for monthly Incarcerated Persons’, Pay, you must supervise a minimum of 2 incarcerated person workers, who substantially replace civil service employees for a combined total of at least 173 hours per month. In addition, you must attach a letter to your monthly CDCR 998-A, Employee Attendance Record certified by your supervisor that the criteria to receive Incarcerated Persons’ Pay was met allowing the Personnel Office to proceed with monthly Incarcerated Persons’ Pay.

CDCR 998-As submitted without the required certification will be sufficient cause to discontinue the monthly Incarcerated Persons’ Pay incentive. Employees receiving Incarcerated Persons’ Pay are responsible for retention of incarcerated person timesheets at each worksite. When Incarcerated Persons are unassigned, it is your responsibility to contact the Incarcerated Persons’ Assignments Office to have incarcerated Persons assigned to meet the above criteria.

If the criteria are not met, you are not entitled to receive Incarcerated Persons’ Pay and you must notify the Personnel Office immediately. In order to reinstate the Incarcerated Persons’, Pay, you must notify the Personnel Office as soon as the criteria is met.

Please see attached duty statement for full details.

This is a 12 month Limited Term position that may be extended to 24 months, with the possibility of becoming permanent.

Individuals who are eligible for a Training and Development assignment may also be considered for this position(s).

CDCR employees are encouraged to use their existing CDCR email address on their application.

You will find additional information about the job in the Duty Statement .

Centinela State Prison is located in Imperial, CA.

Centinela State Prison
2302 Brown Road
Imperial, CA 92251
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Founded in 1885, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) is one of the nation’s largest and most diverse correctional departments in the country. We are dedicated to enhancing public safety through the safe and secure incarceration of individuals in our care, by providing effective parole supervision, and implementing rehabilitative strategies for their successful reintegration into our communities.

You will find the Minimum Requirements in the Class Specification.

• PROTESTANT CHAPLAIN

PROTESTANT CHAPLAIN $5,743.00 - $7,541.00 New to State candidates will be hired into the minimum salary of the classification or minimum of alternate range when applicable.

# of Positions:

1

Work Location:

Imperial County

Telework:

In Office

Job Type:

12 Month Limited Term - Full Time

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