Center Template - Standard

Department: Spirituality

Location: St. Louis, Missouri

Description

Concordance’s reentry program is designed to dramatically reduce recidivism by helping individuals with justice involvement lead meaningful, abundant, and joyful lives. Our holistic, evidence-based model offers a wide range of services - therapy, case management, yoga, behavioral health and substance use recovery groups, spiritual care, life skills, medical care, education, and job readiness. Each participant is formally supported by our Care Team for a full year, ensuring stability and long-term success. Now operating in Missouri, South Carolina, and Virginia, Concordance is a national leader in compassionate, innovative reentry care.

POSITION OVERVIEW: Director of Spiritual Care
The Director of Spiritual Care provides leadership and oversight for the spiritual services within Concordance. This role develops and implements person-centered spiritual care programming that promotes healing, hope, resilience, and personal growth. The Director of Spiritual Care will collaborate with leadership, community partners, and the faith communities to ensure spiritual care is integrated into Concordance’s holistic model of services.

Key Responsibilities - your role will involve:

Programming and Leadership:

• Develop and oversee a comprehensive spiritual care approach aligned with the Concordance mission.
• Design, implement, and evaluate spiritual care programming and services.
• Ensure compliance with Concordance policies including CARF and HIPAA standards and confidentiality.
• Monitor programming effectiveness through data collection, participant feedback, and outcome measurement.
• Build and maintain partnerships with faith communities, congregations, and community organizations.

Direct Spiritual Care:

• Facilitate spiritual base sessions with participants using evidence-informed manualized interventions
• Coordinate and integrate post-release pastoral care services for participants within a multidisciplinary environment
• Support participants through life transitions, grief, family reunification, and other significant challenges.
• Ensure services are inclusive and respectful of diverse faith traditions, spiritual beliefs, and cultural backgrounds.
• Support the spiritual care of Concordance team members.

Supervision and Staff Development:

• Directly supervise Chaplains across all locations, providing coaching, support, and accountability.
• Hold weekly team meetings to coordinate care, align practices, and share updates.
• Conduct monthly 1:1 supervision sessions with direct reports.
• Identify training needs and support professional development.
• Foster a culture of collaboration, empathy, high performance, and trauma-informed care.

Quality Assurance and Outcome Management:

• Audit Chaplin records and sessions to ensure accuracy, completeness, and fidelity.
• Oversee documentation standards, ensuring timely and compliant entries.
• Monitor service delivery patterns, and team productivity.
• Track and report key program metrics, participant outcomes, and progress trends.
• Develop and implement quality improvement strategies based on data insights.

Participant Experience:

• Ensure a consistent, healing, dignified experience for participants.
• Support creative, policy-aligned problem solving to reduce barriers to engagement.
• Advocate for participant needs.
• Oversee participant outcomes around spirituality services.

Leadership Collaboration and Mission Advancement:

• Partner with Concordance’s senior leadership to implement strategies, enhance programming, and improve team member experience.
• Participate in cross-functional initiatives to strengthen the organization’s overall effectiveness.
• Represent spiritual programming in program-related meetings, trainings, and initiatives.
  
  

The right candidate will come with the following attributes, education, experience and meet the physical requirements.

PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES:

• Strong passion for Concordance’s mission and values.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Demonstrated leadership and team management abilities.
• Strong work ethic and a commitment to participant success.
• Highly organized with strong process adherence and attention to detail.
• Ability to influence across a multidisciplinary environment with professionalism and empathy.

EDUCATION AND LICENSURE:

• Master’s Degree of Divinity, Theology
• Board Certified Chaplin

SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES:

• 5-7 years of experience working with justice involved individuals.
• 3-5 years of experience of people leadership.
• Strong understanding of trauma-informed, spiritual care, and evidence-based practices.

Physical Demands
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. This person must be able to sit or stand at a personal computer for typing and reading. This person must be able to see, hear, speak, walk, and sit. Must be able to use hands and fingers to handle or feel objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. Vision abilities required for this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perceptions, and the ability to adjust focus. Is willing to help set up for events and other activities being held at the center. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Additional Information:

Why join Concordance?
This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to a transformative mission and make a lasting impact on the lives of justice-involved individuals. As part of the Concordance team, you'll play a crucial role in advancing our vision and shaping the future of reentry services nationwide.

Team benefits:
We understand the importance of work-life balance and the value of ensuring time for yourself and your family. We offer competitive pay and paid time off, a matching 401(k), and a comprehensive benefits package that includes medical, dental, and vision coverage. Additionally, we cover other benefits such as basic life insurance, AD&D, professional development opportunities, and an EAP program, which gives you quick access to a wide range of life resources.

• Competitive salary and benefits package
• Opportunities for professional development and growth
• A dynamic and supportive work environment
• 401(K) matching program
• Generous PTO
• Wellness Stipend

Conditions of employment:
The offer for the right candidate is contingent upon successfully completing the following requirements:

• Passing a drug test
• Satisfactory completion of a background check
• Verification of employment eligibility via I-9
• Verification of employment Verification of education
• Signing the team member handbook
• Declaration of no conflicts of interest

Today, we find ourselves at a pivotal moment in our mission. Join this incredible team and support our efforts to expand our impact.