Chaplains travels within the five-state region of West Virginia, Virginia, Tennessee, North Carolina, and Kentucky in which ASP hosts the summer volunteer program. Chaplains provide evening programming assistance and leadership, input on faith-related training sessions, and spiritual consultation and support to summer staff and partners in service. They are a member of our summer support staff, providing our tradition summer staff in the fields with spiritual support. Chaplains also complete miscellaneous administrative duties related to ASP’s spiritual components in coordination with the Ministries Department, summer center staffs, and the Director of Spiritual Programs. Chaplains are persons who have a deep grounding in a life of Christian faith and are skilled at sharing their faith. Chaplains go to our brothers and sisters in a spirit of Christian love and service. 

Job Responsibilities - Key responsibilities for chaplains include: Be a compassionate listener, care giver and spiritual leader for summer staff members, summer volunteers, and families that ASP serves. Lead and assist staff in leading devotions and evening programming at centers. Consult with Director of Spiritual Programs and Ministries team on faith-related training and collaborate as needed to create and conduct these training sessions for summer staff. Meet with ASP partners—volunteers, families ASP serves, etc., who have requested a meeting with a Chaplain. Be available to ASP staff and partners to discuss spiritual issues. This may include coordinating regular phone or email discussions with larger groups of staffers regarding spiritual issues. Refer any staff member or volunteer who requires professional help to the Director of Spiritual Programs and then with the ASP on-call counselors. Visit multiple summer centers throughout the week as assigned and lead devotions for the staff and (when possible) for the volunteers Willingness to help as needed when staff can use an extra set of hands. Initiate weekly contact with the Director of Spiritual Programming. Submit a post-summer evaluation on the Chaplain position, including data or suggestions for how to improve the spiritual aspects of the summer program. Adhere to all policies and procedures of ASP as listed in the employee manual, policy statements, and other documents. 

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