Chaplain resident vs chaplains assistant

The differences between chaplain residents and chaplains assistants can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 2-4 years to become both a chaplain resident and a chaplains assistant. Additionally, a chaplain resident has an average salary of $45,343, which is higher than the $42,258 average annual salary of a chaplains assistant.

The top three skills for a chaplain resident include patients, clinical pastoral education and spiritual care. The most important skills for a chaplains assistant are administrative data, communication equipment, and combat.

Chaplain resident vs chaplains assistant overview

	Chaplain Resident	Chaplains Assistant
Yearly salary	$45,343	$42,258
Hourly rate	$21.80	$20.32
Growth rate	12%	3%
Number of jobs	7,901	2,500
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Master's Degree, 48%	Bachelor's Degree, 48%
Average age	51	51
Years of experience	4	4

What does a chaplain resident do?

A Chaplain Resident provides emotional and spiritual care to patients, families, and staff. They help families and other groups of people to deal with issues of crisis, grief, death, and bereavement.

What does a chaplains assistant do?

Chaplain Assistants are military ministers who assist chaplains in their missions and daily activities by supporting the unit ministry team programs and worship services. These assistants must coordinate the necessary force protection requirements to conduct religious support operations for their combat missions. They are required to prepare their facilities for various religious services to support their team's programs and worship services. Chaplain Assistants must also maintain reports, files, and administrative data for their religious operations.

Chaplain resident vs chaplains assistant salary

Chaplain residents and chaplains assistants have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Chaplain Resident	Chaplains Assistant
Average salary	$45,343	$42,258
Salary range	Between $26,000 And $77,000	Between $25,000 And $70,000
Highest paying City	-	-
Highest paying state	-	-
Best paying company	-	-
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Differences between chaplain resident and chaplains assistant education

There are a few differences between a chaplain resident and a chaplains assistant in terms of educational background:

	Chaplain Resident	Chaplains Assistant
Most common degree	Master's Degree, 48%	Bachelor's Degree, 48%
Most common major	Theology	Business
Most common college	Emory University	Boston College

Chaplain resident vs chaplains assistant demographics

Here are the differences between chaplain residents' and chaplains assistants' demographics:

	Chaplain Resident	Chaplains Assistant
Average age	51	51
Gender ratio	Male, 57.4% Female, 42.6%	Male, 67.7% Female, 32.3%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 11.8% Unknown, 4.0% Hispanic or Latino, 9.1% Asian, 6.7% White, 68.0% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.4%	Black or African American, 11.8% Unknown, 4.0% Hispanic or Latino, 9.0% Asian, 6.6% White, 68.1% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.4%
LGBT Percentage	16%	16%

Differences between chaplain resident and chaplains assistant duties and responsibilities

Chaplain resident example responsibilities.

Manage pediatrics emergencies, indoor & outdoor patients, neonatal & intensive care units.
Provide pastoral care and facilitate spiritual assessments of mental illness patients with substance abuse, moral injury and spiritual pain/conflict.
Provide referrals and assist with Medicaid and Medicare issues.
Assign units include psychiatric (adult and pediatric), labor/delivery, oncology, and medical/surgical.
Assist many people: veterans, homeless, disable, poor, chronically ill, and the mentally ill.
Participate in interdisciplinary team and ethics committee.

Chaplains assistant example responsibilities.

Manage environmental safety occupational health compliance program, full spectrum threat response and anti terrorism programs.
Earn a solid reputation for improving organizational performance through hands-on training and a leadership approach that emphasize decision-making through active listening.
Attend and actively participate in vestry and other committees.

Chaplain resident vs chaplains assistant skills

Common chaplain resident skills

Patients, 27%
Clinical Pastoral Education, 10%
Spiritual Care, 8%
Pastoral Care, 8%
Residency, 5%
Patient Care, 5%

Common chaplains assistant skills

Administrative Data, 26%
Communication Equipment, 17%
Combat, 16%
Physical Security, 14%
Worship Services, 12%
Privileged Communications, 2%

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