Senior Chaplain (#016254) McCormick Correctional Inst. McCormick (McCORMICK) Level 3

Responsibilities

• Provides for weekly worship services and the sacraments.
• Assists in providing crisis intervention services for inmates including, but not limited to, deaths and critical illness of family members.
• Conducts religious education classes and social skills groups as needed and/or requested.
• Provides individual and group pastoral counseling.
• Provides daily visitation to inmates as needed.
• Recruits and trains institutional volunteers.
• Must successfully complete four (4) weeks SCDC Basic Training upon hire.

Requirements

• Equivalent of a Master of Divinity degree from an accredited theological school or seminary.
• Ordination as a priest, minister, or Rabbi with current ecclesiastical endorsement.
• One (1) year of pastoral experience.
• Completion of two (2) CPE units under the supervision of an ACPE certified educator.
• Will be required to have four (4) units of CPE within 24 months of hire.
• Additional clinical pastoral education and/or work experience in a clinical pastoral setting (State of South Carolina minimum requirement).