Senior Living Chaplains is for You!

Company Leaders and Team Members serving in settings of constant change with problems and opportunities: ensuring the well-being of residents and patients, furthering healthy relationships in and outside the workplace, and meeting the expectations of family members of residents and patients.

The demands on Team Members in caring for others is physically challenging and emotionally draining. During their regularly scheduled weekly visits, a Senior Living Chaplain will be intentional and available to Team Members for brief discussions about life challenges or personal and family problems. Chaplains are available for longer discussions, usually during lunch, a break, at a home or other neutral site, before or after work hours.

Chaplains are an extension of the company’s care for every Team Member. Senior Living Chaplains are in constant contact with the administrator, activities coordinator and head nurse to understand the overall mood and changing conditions of the people connected to a facility. Chaplains connect with Team Members on every shift, bringing encouragement and building care relationships in every visit. Chaplains amplify the joyous times, while providing uplift during times of sadness and depression.

Services Provided

Chaplain care services for all Team Members and immediate family members are voluntary, confidential and neutral from company operations.

Community Relationships

Make regular weekly visits to the community to interact with team members to build relationships of trust and friendship.
Provide 24 hour, 365 day-a-year, nationwide Chaplain Emergency Care for crisis intervention, and work closely with management on any emergency situation or team member needs.

Chaplain Care Team Activities

Visit team members or immediate family members wherever care can be expressed and help given: hospitals, nursing homes, funeral homes, family homes or other neutral sites.
At the request of a team member:
- Help plan, conduct or attend funerals for team members or immediate family members, including follow-up support and encouragement to immediate family members during the grief period.
- Provide, upon request, a voluntarily attended Memorial service for fellow co-workers of a deceased team member either at the workplace or a neutral site.
- Make jail visits to team members and immediate family members who are incarcerated; assist the family during times of separation; help with the transition of individuals back into mainstream society.
- Help locate representative of their religious group.
- Serve on the Death & Serious Injury Notification Team to families of team member killed or injured in a job-related accident or have died of natural causes while on the job.

Personal Care

Provide individual, as well as immediate family, confidential chaplain discussions for problem issues including, but not limited to, marriage, divorce and remarriage, serious illness, death and grief recovery, parenting, care of aging parents, as well as any other personal issues.
At Company request, provide post-termination care for laid-off or terminated team members in order to foster a smooth transition to another work environment.
Help coordinate assistance for team members or immediate family members who require professional help with issues related to drug or alcohol dependency and/or psychiatric problems through outpatient or hospitalized care.
Provide referral service and act as coordinator for specialized assistance to team members and/or immediate family members with specific needs.

Support Activities

Draft suggested letters of “Concern,” “Sympathy,” “Appreciation,” and “Congratulations” to Residents and Employees and immediate family members for the signature of the Company President, CEO, or other designated executive leadership.
Write articles of interest for Company publications, as requested by management.
At Company request, advise on matters of morals, ethics and morale as they impact individuals in the work force and the Company.
Speak at in-house or outside events as requested by management.
Provide, as appropriate and upon request, informational materials to help team member and immediate family members deal with specific issues/problems at no additional expense to the Company or its team members.
When requested, represent the Company to suppliers as the Company Chaplain.
Participate in new team member orientation to explain the Team Member Care Service and the role of the Chaplain Team.
Respond positively and aggressively to other duties and services within the chaplain role and scope of services as requested by Executive Leadership of the Company.
Provide referral service and act as coordinator for specialized assistance to team members and/or immediate family members with specific needs.