Contents INTRODUCTION ......................................................................................................................... 4 What is in the name? ............................................................................................................ 4 What does it offer? ............................................................................................................... 4 Access, availability and contact ............................................................................................. 5 Feedback on the Diocesan Procedures and Policies for Clergy ............................................ 5 SECTION 1 - APPOINTMENT AND OFFICE ................................................................................. 6 1.1 Clergy as office holders ............................................................................................. 6 1.2 Varieties of Tenure .................................................................................................... 6 1.3 Key Documents Regardless of form of tenure .......................................................... 9 1.4 Appointment (Equality Statement and Process) ..................................................... 10 1.5 Equality Statement .................................................................................................. 10 1.6 Equality Statement (clergy) ..................................................................................... 11 1.7 Appointment Process .............................................................................................. 12 1.8 Duration of Appointments (Termination and Extensions) ...................................... 13 1.9 Review of the ‘fixed term’ Period ............................................................................ 15 1.10 Your Statement of Particulars (SoP) ........................................................................ 16 1.11 Documents linked with the SoP .............................................................................. 18 SECTION 2 - FINANCIAL ENTITLEMENTS - (STIPEND, ALLOWANCES, GRANTS AND OTHER BENEFITS) ................................................................................................................................ 19 2.1 Stipend ..................................................................................................................... 19 2.2 Stipend Payment Method ....................................................................................... 19 2.3 Annual Return .......................................................................................................... 20 2.4 Allowances ............................................................................................................... 21 2.5 Grants ...................................................................................................................... 21 2.6 Other........................................................................................................................ 22 2.7 Useful Information .................................................................................................. 23 SECTION 3 - PAROCHIAL AND OTHER FEES ............................................................................ 28 3.1 Parochial Fees .......................................................................................................... 28 3.2 Fees for occasional services (excluding marriages and funerals) ............................ 29 SECTION 4 - WORKING EXPENSES .......................................................................................... 31 4.1 Entitlement and Reimbursement ............................................................................ 31 4.2 Useful Information .................................................................................................. 31 1 SECTION 5 - RETIREMENT; PENSION AND RETIREMENT HOUSING AND OTHER FINANCIAL SUPPORT ................................................................................................................................. 32 5.1 Retirement ............................................................................................................... 32 5.2 Pension .................................................................................................................... 32 5.3 Retirement Housing ................................................................................................. 33 5.4 Financial assistance for stipendiary clergy families following death in service ...... 34 5.5 Retired clergy and clergy widows ............................................................................ 34 5.6 Other Useful Resources ........................................................................................... 34 SECTION 6 - HOUSING ............................................................................................................. 37 6.1 Duties of the relevant housing provider ................................................................. 37 6.2 Duties of the office holder ....................................................................................... 37 6.3 Duties expected of the PCC ..................................................................................... 38 6.4 Solving Disputes....................................................................................................... 38 6.5 Useful Information .................................................................................................. 38 SECTION 7 - PROFESSIONAL AND PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT .............................................. 40 7.1 Background of MDR ................................................................................................. 40 7.2 Requirement to participate in MDR ........................................................................ 40 7.3 MDR and Other Policies (Relationships) ................................................................. 41 7.4 MDR Framework ...................................................................................................... 41 7.5 MDR Process ............................................................................................................ 42 7.6 Background of CMD ................................................................................................. 43 7.7 Principles ................................................................................................................. 44 7.8 Range of opportunities ............................................................................................ 44 7.9 Continuing ministerial development as part of the MDR scheme .......................... 45 7.10 Sabbaticals - Study Leave ........................................................................................ 45 7.11 Provisions for IME (Part 2) ....................................................................................... 46 7.12 Other useful information ......................................................................................... 47 SECTION 8 - CLERGY WELLBEING - (LEAVE AND TIME OFF ENTITLEMENTS) ......................... 49 8.1 Clergy Wellbeing - an Overview .............................................................................. 49 8.2 Rest Period .............................................................................................................. 51 8.3 Annual Leave ........................................................................................................... 51 8.4 Bank Holidays .......................................................................................................... 52 8.5 Maternity, Paternity, Parental and Adoption Leave and Time Off to Care for Dependants ......................................................................................................... 52 2 8.6 Special Leave ........................................................................................................... 52 8.7 Spiritual Leave ......................................................................................................... 53 8.8 Time Off for Public Duties ....................................................................................... 53 SECTION 9 - CLERGY WELLBEING - (SICKNESS AND PASTORAL CARE AND SUPPORT FOR CLERGY) ................................................................................................................................... 54 9.1 Sickness and Critical Illness ..................................................................................... 54 9.2 Principles on managing sickness and critical illness ................................................ 54 9.3 Pastoral Care and Support for Clergy ...................................................................... 55 9.4 Reporting sickness ................................................................................................... 57 9.5 Pay entitlement when sick and procedure .............................................................. 57 9.6 Returning to duties .................................................................................................. 59 9.7 Supporting critical illness ......................................................................................... 59 9.8 Disability and Related Issues ................................................................................... 60 9.9 Other Matters of Clergy Wellbeing - Health and Safety .......................................... 61 SECTION 10 - WHEN THINGS GO WRONG .............................................................................