Part Time Anna Chaplain – Benefice of Bentley, Binsted and Froyle

Pay: £10,320 per annum

Job Location: Bentley, Binsted and Froyle and the surrounding area. The nursing homes are based in Bentley, as is the Benefice office. There is flexibility for working from home.

Holidays: 25 days p.a. pro rata, plus public holidays.

The Benefice of Bentley, Binsted and Froyle are looking to appoint an Anna Chaplain covering the villages of the benefice, plus looking to develop support in the villages of Kingsley and Oakhanger, who will be joining the Benefice through Pastoral Reorganisation.  The Anna Chaplaincy is a post promoting the spiritual welfare of older people. It is a pioneering role offering spiritual support to older people, especially, though not exclusively, to those living in residential and nursing homes and to their relatives and the people who care for them.

The Anna Chaplain also has a wider role within the community as an advocate, and champion of the contribution older people make to society. This is an opportunity to draw alongside people of strong, little or no faith, and in encouraging the wider church to celebrate and cherish older members of their congregations.

The role also involves supporting the existing, and recruiting new “Anna Friends”, who are volunteers with a passion for ministry among the elderly made up of congregation members from the churches in the Benefice.

It is an occupational requirement for the person appointed to be a professing and practicing Christian (Equality Act 2010).

The role is a part-time one of 12 hours per week. Enhanced DBS and references will be required.

To apply, please email a copy of your CV accompanied by a short letter telling us why you would like to be considered for this post to matt@benbinfro.co.uk.

Closing date for applications is Wednesday 13 March 2024. The interview date will be Friday 22 March 2024.