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Royal Navy
Junior Officers
Code: RN-CHAP

Royal Navy Chaplain

Ordained minister providing pastoral, spiritual and moral welfare support to sailors, marines and families of all faiths and none.

Role Details

Core Skills

  • • pastoral care
  • • spiritual leadership
  • • crisis support
  • • welfare advocacy
  • • public speaking

Responsibilities

  • • provide pastoral and spiritual support afloat and ashore
  • • conduct religious services and rites of passage
  • • support personnel and families through welfare crises
  • • advise the Commanding Officer on moral and ethical issues
  • • deploy on operations to support ship or unit welfare

Equipment

  • • chaplaincy resources

Typical Clearance

SC

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Civilian Translations

Chaplain / Pastoral Care Worker

Health & Care

90% Match

Pastoral care, spiritual leadership and crisis support are the same core work in civilian chaplaincy roles.

Core Transferable Skills

pastoral care
spiritual leadership
crisis support