KICK School Chaplain

🔒 Confidential Employer
Posted 25 March 2026
LOCATION
Various
TYPE
Full-time
LEVEL
Entry-level
CATEGORY
Education
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SKILLS

Pastoral Care Mentoring Spiritual Leadership Communication Skills Christian Ethos Safeguarding Behavior Management Interpersonal Skills

FULL DESCRIPTION

The [Employer hidden — view at passion-project.co.uk] School Chaplain will deliver school-based chaplaincy, working with students, staff, churches, and community projects. Responsibilities include developing relationships, running mentoring sessions, providing spiritual leadership, and supporting the school's mission. Candidates must be committed Christians with strong interpersonal and communication skills.

[Employer hidden] JOB DESCRIPTION

Title: [Employer hidden] School Chaplain

Based in: Various

Hours of work: Negotiable

Role purpose

To deliver [Employer hidden] Schools based Chaplaincy based in schools and working with, but not limited to, students, senior staff, local churches, local diocese, and community projects. Chaplains will be able to provide support based on the 7 dimensions of Chaplaincy:

  • Pastoral – Being present and available to spend time as a trusted adult with a child or children, helping them to engage with particular issues or situations.
  • Worshipful – Creating, shaping and leading formal and informal worship within School.
  • Spiritual – Representing the spiritual dimension of human experience and life in community.
  • Missional – Conveying the ‘Good News’ of God to those with whom they have contact.
  • Servant hearted – We want our chaplains to serve the needs of school and model this to learners.
  • Prophetic – Presenting truth whenever it is needed within a school to be present, consistent, confident and open about its Christian identity.
  • Pedagogy – Demonstrating the living out of the Christian faith by example and through the activities, as well as through sessions

Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities:

  1. Develop relationships with schools and other sections of the community, to help in the set-up and running of [Employer hidden] in new areas.
  2. Establish and run mentoring sessions in school and community projects (if applicable).
  3. Keeping all reporting and impact measurements up to date.
  4. To be a role model to young people in terms of spiritual leadership and pastoral care.
  5. Support and grow the spiritual atmosphere of the school in line with the school’s mission.
  6. Support the Head teacher and other staff in the day to day running of the school.
  7. Every member of the [Employer hidden] staff team has a responsibility and role to play in protecting children from harm within their working environment. This involves adhering to policy and legislation, understanding of reporting channels and high standards of professionalism.

Person specification

General Characteristics

  1. A committed Christian, in line with [Employer hidden]’s Christian ethos.
  2. A satisfactory enhanced DBS Disclosure.
  3. Awareness of personal capability and effectiveness and the need for self-improvement.
  4. A willingness to travel to different locations when required.
  5. Punctuality and reliability
  6. A good knowledge of the Bible and its application
  7. Pastoral care qualities and compassionate in their approach to others
  8. The ability to lead events and projects for students and the community

Abilities

  1. To have good interpersonal skills; relates well to people within [Employer hidden] London, education, Churches and other organisations.
  2. To be team oriented; co-operates in and is committed to team activities and decisions, working effectively in partnership with others.
  3. To be able to understand and appreciate the values, concerns or feelings of others.
  4. To have good communication skills; to communicate effectively with a wide range of people, both written and verbally (on one-to-one and one-to-many basis).
  5. To identify and provide opportunities to enable other people to reach their full potential.
  6. To be flexible and open minded in order to respond to changing needs or circumstances.
  7. To be able to deliver quality results and outcomes in a professional manner.

Essential Desirable

Knowledge and • Knowledge of Safeguarding in order to • Knowledge of Church of

Qualifications protect children from harm. England practices

• Awareness of Health and Safety issues. • How to lead collective

• Knowledge of behaviour management worship/assemblies in a

strategies school environment

Experience • Experience of working with young • Experience of pastoral

people aged between 5 and 11 or 11- care

16. • Active participation in

• Experience of implementing effective Sport

behaviour management and • Starting projects and

addressing behaviours working proactively and

• A healthy and active lifestyle. independently

Next Steps

  1. Please complete the [Employer hidden] application form and cover letter and send this to [contact hidden]
  2. All applicants will undergo an identity check and DBS check as well as being required to provide 2 references.

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