Location
Bedfont Rd, Feltham

Hours
Full Time - 37 hours per week

Salary
£41,202 per annum

About the Role
The Sikh Chaplain will provide faith, belief, and pastoral care to prisoners and staff within their own faith tradition, while also supporting people of other faiths and none as part of a multifaith chaplaincy team. The role involves delivering faith and non-faith-based courses in line with PSI 05/2016 Faith and Pastoral Care for Prisoners or its successor policy framework. The Chaplain will work collaboratively with colleagues to ensure these policies are effectively implemented and contribute to assurance processes for senior management.

Key responsibilities include providing spiritual guidance, planning and leading worship and faith-specific meetings, facilitating religious programmes, and supporting prisoners and staff through pastoral care and crisis resolution. The Chaplain will nurture volunteers, promote faith awareness, represent the chaplaincy team in meetings, and actively support the Assessment, Care in Custody and Teamwork (ACCT) process.

This is a non-rotational, non-operational role without line management or supervisory responsibilities. The Chaplain will also engage with local Sikh faith communities to aid offender resettlement and may take on additional roles such as Family Liaison Officer or volunteer coordinator as required.

The role requires maintaining one’s own spiritual health through private prayer, reflection, study, and retreat.

Experience
Chaplains must meet the faith eligibility requirements for their chosen faith as outlined in the Group Profile. Experience in providing pastoral care and spiritual guidance within the Sikh faith is essential.

Ability to communicate confidently in English (or Welsh where applicable) both verbally and in writing is required.

About you
You will be a committed and practising Baptised Sikh (having completed Amrit Initiation) with demonstrable knowledge of Sikh religion, history, and adherence to the Sikh Code of Conduct (Rehat Maryada - Akal Takht Sahib). Proficiency in Punjabi and the ability to read, recite, and translate Sikh scriptures are essential. A degree or diploma in Sikh theology is desirable.

You should be able to work collaboratively within a multifaith team, support prisoners and staff with compassion and integrity, and engage proactively with local faith communities and external agencies to support offender resettlement.

Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to contribute to training and development activities are important.

Qualifications
Formal endorsement from the HMPPS Sikh Faith and Belief Adviser confirming eligibility and suitability is required.

Completion of specific training to hold the qualifications required for this area of specialism is mandatory.