Chaplain

Work where you matter!

Play a critical role in leading our clients at our Rockbridge Treatment facility!

Mn Adult & Teen Challenge is a leader in the recovery community, offering a broad spectrum of treatments services and recovery programs for men, women, and teens across Minnesota. As a part of our team, you’ll find a workplace with strong values, invested managers, and supportive co-workers as well as numerous awards, including Newsweek’s “Best Addiction Treatment Center” and six time recipient of the Star Tribune's “Top Work Places.”

Job Summary

The Chaplain is responsible for providing biblically based counseling and teaching to program clients.

Essential Job Responsibilities:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential job duty satisfactorily. The essential functions include the following:

Assessments:

• Interview clients to determine their personal history including family relationships, substance abuse, medical conditions, legal issues, and spiritual condition.
• Identify and categorize root issues that contribute to substance abuse and other life-controlling problems affecting the client.
• Prioritize issues identified in the assessment in order of importance to establish counseling priorities.

Counseling:

• Counsel assigned clients on issues identified on the initial spirituality assessment by helping clients discover the sources of the major issues in their life.
• Be present as a resource to short-term clients who need pastoral care.
• Provide clients information and techniques to help them apply biblical guidance and instruction to their thoughts, behavior and attitudes.
• Assist short-term clients with 4th and 5th Steps, including hearing 5th Steps from clients who wish to tell their 5th Step to a spiritual director.
• Be present for groups, as needed.

Teaching:

• Teach classes as needed and as coordinated by residential staff.
• Teach Long-Term Level Classes, as assigned by Clinical Director and/or Program Manager. 

Reports:

• As soon as is possible after each session, enter client’s progress notes in the system noting the focus of the session, the client’s responses, and future course of action.
• Ensure reports contain sufficient detail and clarity to be of benefit to other Rockbridge/MNTC staff members and individuals outside of Rockbridge/MNTC.

Required Skills & Experience (Minimum Qualifications):

• Licensed/ordained Christian minister.
• Must be 21 years of age or older.
• At least 1 year of freedom from problematic substances.
• Ability to relate to people with substance abuse and other life-controlling problems.
• Ability to teach group lectures on applicable treatment topics.
• Ability to keep on task and meet weekly minimum caseload requirement.
• Excellent individual counseling and documentation skills.
• Ability to control counseling sessions and redirect clients to focus on the appropriate issues.
• Firm personal conviction that the Christian bible is the authoritative and inspired Word of God.
• The ability to live and work by MnTC’s culture of honor & core values – practicing compassion, honor, respect, integrity, servanthood, and trust.
• Must be able to meet specific staff requirements outlined in Minnesota Statutes 245G.11. Reference: 245G.11 MN Statutes

Physical Requirements:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

• Prolonged periods sitting at a desk and working on a computer.
• Must be able to lift up to 10 pounds at a time.

Compensation range: $43 - $49,000

Our robust benefits package includes medical, HSA, dental, vision, PTO, dependent care FSA, disability, life insurance and 403b retirement plan.

We seek to recruit, develop and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool in order to successfully meet our mission of helping every Minnesotan find help and healing from addiction. 

Mn Adult & Teen Challenge is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate based on any category protected by federal, state or applicable laws.

Reasonable accommodation can be provided upon request.

Salary : $43,000 - $49,000