Job Description

The New York City Department of Correction (DOC) is an integral part of the City’s evolving criminal justice system, participating in reform initiatives and strategies aimed to move the city towards a smaller jail system without compromising public safety. The DOC is responsible for maintaining a safe and secure environment for staff, providers, visitors, volunteers, and people in custody. Importantly, safe jails enable DOC to provide people in custody with the tools and opportunities they need to successfully re-enter their communities. The DOC operates facilities and court commands across the five boroughs with more than 9,500 diverse professionals and knowledge experts.

DOC seeks to recruit a Full-time Catholic Chaplain for the Chaplaincy Services Unit assigned to the Division of Programs and Community Partnerships. The selected candidate will be assigned to the Office of the Assistant Commissioner of Program Operations under the direct purview of the Deputy Director of Chaplaincy Services. The Chaplain will be required to conduct religious mandated and non-mandated services, provide spiritual and moral guidance, as well as interview and counsel persons in custody. Other duties will include but are not limited to:

• Schedule religious congregate services in full compliance with all applicable laws, rules,

  directives, policies, protocols, and standards.

• Conduct individual and group counseling.

• Instruct religious education classes and study groups.

• Administer rites and sacraments.

• Coordinates congregate and community engagement events in collaboration with internal and

  external stakeholders.

• Notify next of kin in case of serious injury, illness, or death of a person in custody.

• Assist with the coordination of arrangements for persons in custody to attend the wake or funeral of

  an immediate family member.

• Ensure data and tracking sheets pertaining to chaplaincy services are entered accurately and

  submitted in a timely fashion.

• Schedule, supervise and support religious volunteers.

• Collaborate with other staff members in carrying out institutional programs.

• Perform related duties as required.

Qualifications

Ecclesiastical endorsement by the official endorsing agency of the candidate's faith or denomination, and by the Committee on Chaplaincies.

Additional Information

The City of New York is an inclusive equal opportunity employer committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce and providing a work environment that is free from discrimination and harassment based upon any legally protected status or protected characteristic, including but not limited to an individual's sex, race, color, ethnicity, national origin, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, veteran status, gender identity, or pregnancy.