Job Description
Pay: $22 per hour
Employment type & schedule: Full-time, Monday – Friday, daytime hours
Benefits include:
- Health, dental, vision, prescription drug, and life insurance
- 401(k)
- Short and long-term disability
- Paid time off and paid holidays
- Employee assistance program
- A chance to make a difference every day!
Management & Training Corporation operates the East Texas Treatment Facility in
Henderson Texas, providing our employees a safe and secure working environment.
Position summary: Responsible for performing routine ministerial clergy work.
Work involves conducting regular and special religious services; providing
pastoral care and counseling to offenders; supervising religious education
classes; and counseling offender family members in compliance with Management &
Training Corporation (MTC) and Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ)
directives.
Position responsibilities include:
- Create, manage, and implement all religious programs of the facility.
- Conduct religious services and religious education programs and schedule
periodic special programs.
3. Serve as the point of contact for all outside faith-based activities,
persons or groups requesting admittance to the facility.
4. Develop, maintain, and screen an ongoing list of local community volunteers
interested in providing services to the facility.
5. Train and supervise volunteers working in chaplaincy programs.
6. Provide regular chaplaincy visitation rounds to new and existing offenders
and offenders who are critically ill.
7. Counsel offenders on religious problems, personal issues, crisis
intervention, grief, and institutional adjustment.
8. Interact with offenders during their daily activities and provide
appropriate moral and religious instruction.
9. Promote the development of positive social skills through modeling
appropriate behaviors and intervening when inappropriate behaviors are
observed; provide regular feedback to staff regarding social skills
procedures and intervention techniques.
10. Maintain accountability of offenders and property; adhere to safety
practices.
Education and experience requirements:
* Bachelor’s degree from a seminary or university accredited by an organization
recognized by Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) or by the
United States Department of Education (USDE). Major course work in Ministry,
Divinity, Religious Studies, a Behavioral Science, or a related field.
---OR---Graduation from an accredited senior high school or equivalent or GED
and four (4) years full-time, wage-earning or wage-equivalent ministry
experience.
* A minimum of 2,080 volunteer hours as a TDCJ Certified Volunteer Chaplaincy
Assistant (CVCA), with supporting documentation (validated by the TDCJ Deputy
Director of Religious Services office), may be substituted for one (1) year
of the required experience. Thirty (30) semester hours from a seminary or
university accredited by the CHEA or by the USDE may be substituted for one
(1) year of required experience on a year-for-year basis. Must possess a
written ecclesiastical endorsement for continued employment in position.
* Valid driver’s license in the state of Texas with an acceptable driving
record required, unless waived by management.
Management & Training Corporation (MTC) is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All
qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to
race, color, age, religion, sex, disabled status, veteran status, genetic
information, national origin, or any other category protected by federal law.
MTC participates in E-Verify. We strive to provide reasonable accommodation for
qualified individuals with disabilities, including disabled veterans, in our job
application and hiring process. If you are interested in employment
opportunities with Management & Training Corporation and need assistance, please
contact our staffing department at customersupport@mtctrains.com or
801-693-2888.
Learn more about Management & Training Corporation here
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Hourly pay, Full time, Temporary work, Work at office, Local area, Monday to Friday