Chaplain

About the role

Located at Ann's Choice by Erickson Senior Living in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, this role nurtures the spiritual well-being of residents, provides faith-based programming and support within their religious tradition, and helps meet the religious and pastoral needs of the community. In partnership with the Pastoral Ministries Manager, the position plans and coordinates worship services, spiritual programs, special events, and community-wide outreach initiatives, and provides administrative support for pastoral operations including scheduling, resident communications, recordkeeping, volunteer coordination, and event logistics.

Responsibilities

• Serves as a spiritual leader to any resident seeking such service and is proactive in demonstrating this availability.
• Ministers to the specific residents by providing those services required by a non-clergy person and those services preferred from a clergy person.
• Meets, as part of the Pastoral Ministries effort, residents in their life crisis points and provides spiritual counsel.
• Develops and coordinates ministry programs for the specific resident faith community, with approval of the Pastoral Ministries Manager or designee, and Director of Resident Life.
• Establishes and coordinates continuance of resident faith Council for the specific faith community; the purpose of this council is to provide resident leadership and a representation for the specific faith community.
• Works to educate and bring understanding of spiritual matters to the resident faith Council.
• Endeavors to make the specific faith community self-supporting financially and provides responsible stewardship of faith community funds.
• Assesses with the Pastoral Ministries Manager on an ongoing basis, the quality of life environment in the community to determine the short and long-term direction of the ministry program.
• Serves as a member of the Interfaith Council representing the specific faith community.

Qualifications

• Excellent interpersonal skills.
• Strong communication skills (written and oral).
• Effective organizational and motivational skills.
• Appreciation and respect for a mature population.
• Minimum of 5 years pastoral ministry experience preferred; experience working with seniors a plus.
• Ordination, licensure, or certification in the specific denomination preferred.

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, Vision
• 401K with 3% Match

Pay

Starting at $28/hr

Schedule

30 hour a week schedule