Chaplain (Part-Time) - Asheville, NC | Bilingual Spanish Required

Skill Requirements

• Bilingual Spanish Required
• Ability to work as member of interdisciplinary group
• Possesses ability to accept different lifestyles, cultures, beliefs, and values
• Effective listening and interaction skills
• Community presentation skills
• Dealing effectively with family members and staff under stressful circumstances
• High regard for the dignity and worth of clients, employees and their families
• Coping with stressful situations and documenting accurately
• Spiritual maturity and commitment to a Christian lifestyle
• Understanding and applying the Holy Bible
• Active participation in a biblically based church
• Professional interaction with diverse groups
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Maintaining emotional stability to cope with human suffering, emergencies, and other stresses
• Analyzing information and solving problems
• Interpreting policy and procedures
• Understanding and learning new technology programs
• Passing a pre-employment background check

Essential Functions and Responsibilities

• Serves as a messenger and conveyor of faith, mission, and purpose
• Interacts with companies, their employees, and the community in a manner that exhibits character through personal and spiritual disciplines
• Visits company worksites regularly to interact with employees and build relationships of trust and friendship motivated by Christian faith
• Visits employees or immediate family members wherever care can be expressed and help given, such as hospitals, nursing homes, funeral homes, family residences, or other sites
• Provides confidential pastoral discussions for problem issues of employees and their immediate family members, including but not limited to family matters, divorce, serious illness, care of aging parents, death and grief recovery, parenting, financial situations, and other life issues related to financial stress
• Acts as a referral service and coordinator for specialized assistance to employees and/or immediate family members with specific needs
• Assists in planning, conducting, or attending funerals for employees or immediate family members, including follow-up support and encouragement to immediate family members during the grief period
• May make jail visits to employees and immediate family members
• Serves notifications of death and serious injuries to families and other employees, encouraging those impacted by various tragedies
• Facilitates, but does not lead, spiritual enrichment activities, as an employee-sponsored and led activity will usually be more fruitful than a chaplain-led event
• Provides literature and other resources to assist company employees with life issues
• Represents companies to clients/customers where it would be appropriate to ministry services involved, such as serious illness, accidents, traumatic events, and funerals
• Participates in new employee orientation to explain the Employee Care Service and the role of the Chaplain Team
• Responds positively and assertively to other duties and services requested by executive leadership of companies, within the scope of the Letter of Agreement between MCHAP Chaplains and the company