Volunteer - Police Chaplain

We are looking for Volunteer Police Chaplains across the Thames Valley Police area. The Chaplain’s role is a supportive and pastoral one offering support to officers and staff. In this role you will seek to build a relationship of acceptance, friendship and trust with officers and staff and offer a source of comfort during times of stress. We don’t have much to do with those who are arrested, or victims.

Chaplains need to be good listeners and have confidence to go into a police station and initiate conversations with those who are working there. We would hope that you have some skills of compassion and non-judgmental appraisal of an individual’s situation. We offer verbal support, as well as sign-posting to other means of help, such as police charities, or encouraging people to seek professional help.

To enable us to truly reflect the communities we serve, we are keen to recruit people from other Faith Groups representative within Thames Valley Police. You will need a working knowledge and experience of your Faith/Religion which will enhance the pastoral care of our diverse officers.

Please note you must be resident in the Thames Valley area to apply for this position.

If you have a few hours to spare please complete the online application form. For any queries about Volunteering and the process, please contact 01865 846250.

If you have any queries on completing the application form, please contact People Services Recruitment Department on 0845 2 66 66 77, quoting reference 13006.

Please note this vacancy will be removed once sufficient candidates have been sourced.

As a volunteer within the police service, you will be subjected to a level of police vetting. The level will be dependent upon the role and it’s access requirements. With the higher levels of vetting, applicants could be asked to provide details of family members, partner, partner’s parents and co-residents, as well as additional information regarding their own personal circumstances. This process is required to ensure that Thames Valley Police comply with the legislation of the Vetting Code of Practice

Whilst we endeavour to complete all vetting within 30 working days of receipt of vetting forms, unfortunately this is not always the case due to operational demand and back-logs, and could take considerably longer.

If you have any concerns or queries regarding your application please do not hesitate to get in touch.