CHAPLAIN (4171)
Grade 11

SCOPE OF WORK:

Work involves planning and conducting programs of religious activities and participating in clinical and rehabilitative programs.

DUTIES PERFORMED:

• Participate as a member of a professional therapeutic team or individually provide pastoral care and counseling.
• Provide counseling for chemically dependent residents at their request.
• Conduct worship services.
• Write chaplaincy assessments.
• Plan, coordinate, and evaluate departmental programs in consultation with other staff.
• Participate as a member of a professional therapeutic team in providing guidance to residents or clients.
• Counsel and/or advise residents concerning spiritual matters and personal problems.
• Assist in providing clinical and other education for students seeking continuing professional and personal development.
• Provide assistance, consultation, and training to other state agencies, institutions, and/or other entities.
• Participate in community associations as assigned.

NOTE: The duties listed are not intended to be all-inclusive. Duties assigned any individual employee are at the discretion of the appointing authority.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

Requires ordination, commissioning, licensing, or endorsement by a recognized religious community.

Technical Knowledge

• Requires knowledge of principles, concepts, and methodology.
• Requires completion of a master's degree.
• Requires extensive experience in duties of an equivalent type and complexity as those performed at this level.

Management Breadth

• The requirement for managing others does not exist.

Interpersonal Skills

• Requires extensive written and verbal communication skills needed to motivate, convince, and/or change behavior or attitude of contacts.

Guidelines

• General guidelines exist.
• Requires judgement in selecting appropriate guidelines.
• Interpretation/adaptation of guidelines is required for specific cases/problems.

Mental Challenge

• Duties are defined in general terms and may vary depending upon circumstances.
• A variety of unrelated procedures are provided for performing duties under varying circumstances.
• Analyzing circumstances to select appropriate procedure to use is necessary.

Independence of Action

• Employees receive guidance and direction.
• Duties include coordinating policy interpretation and individual initiative.
• Problems are solved by revising the procedures or methods needed to fit the situation.
• Duties include planning, organizing, and determining method to produce desired results.

Control of Budget Dollars

• None.

Effect on Decisions

• Indirect effect - Activities provide analysis, recommendation, or advice used by others in making decisions.

Eff. Date: 11/74
Rev: 12/95 – Revised format; reviewed and verified minimum qualifications and pay grade; deleted the Chaplain II class (4172)
Rev: 3/02 – Updated minimum qualifications