Social and Community Work
The Mission Service enables, empowers and equips local mission, helping it flourish in communities. It supports The Salvation Army’s five territorial mission priorities as we continue to explore how we faithfully ‘Love God and Love Others’.
The Mission Service brings together a range of centralised services, including homelessness support, addictions services, older people’s community support, anti-trafficking and modern slavery work, chaplaincy, employment support, debt advice, early years provision, refugee support and emergency response support.
It also provides Family Tracing services, supports refugees, manages international development projects and offers direct support to local corps churches.
This work is delivered by officers, employees, volunteers and local Salvation Army members as part of their personal commitment and covenant.
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Retail, Hospitality and Farm
Create welcoming experiences that make a lasting difference.
Our Retail, Hospitality and Farm services offer rewarding opportunities to combine great customer service with meaningful community impact. From our charity shops and the iconic Strawberry Field to the beautiful Hadleigh Farm Estate, you'll help create places where people feel welcomed, connected and supported.
Retail
Working in our charity shops means being part of a team that serves the local community every day. These vibrant spaces bring people together, promote sustainability, and provide opportunities for customers, volunteers and colleagues to make a positive difference.
Hadleigh Farm Estate
At Hadleigh Farm Estate, you'll contribute to a unique environment that combines hospitality, education, conservation and community engagement. Whether supporting visitors, delivering memorable experiences or helping to care for the estate, every role plays a part in bringing our values to life.
Find out more about the life of Hadleigh Farm here: https://www.salvationarmy.org.uk/hadleighfarm
Strawberry Field
At Strawberry Field, you'll help continue a remarkable legacy of support and opportunity. Home to training and development programmes for young people with learning disabilities, Strawberry Field is a place where lives are transformed through skills development, confidence building and meaningful employment opportunities.
Find out more about the life of Strawberry Field here: https://www.strawberryfield.salvationarmy.org.uk/
Whatever your role, you'll be part of a team that helps create memorable experiences while supporting people and communities to thrive.
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Corporate and Central Support
Our Corporate and Central Support services provide the specialist expertise, guidance and systems that enable The Salvation Army’s mission to flourish. Working alongside local settings and departments, these teams help strengthen governance, operations, people support, finance, communications, property, technology and other essential functions across the Territory.
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Youth, Children and Families
Our Youth, Children and Families work supports local ministry with children, young people and families across the UK & Ireland. Through training, resources and partnership, we help corps (our churches) and centres create safe, welcoming and faith-filled spaces where children, young people and families can belong, grow and flourish.
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Employed Spiritual Leadership
Our Employed Spiritual Leadership framework helps open new pathways into ministry and strengthens the way we respond to local missional need. By widening access to spiritual leadership roles, it supports greater flexibility, encourages emerging leaders and helps local settings respond more quickly to mission opportunities.
These roles require enhanced assessments to ensure safeguarding and fitness for Salvation Army spiritual leadership, and a requirement to sign a code of practice which clarifies expectations and accountability for ministry.
Employed spiritual leaders within The Salvation Army include:
- Corps leaders: leaders of Salvation Army worshipping communities who mobilise Salvationists for mission.
- Pioneer leaders: leaders responsible for developing new, fresh expressions of The Salvation Army.
- Chaplains: leaders sent by The Salvation Army to serve a community, such as a Lifehouse for people experiencing homelessness or a prison, as well as various part-time and volunteer roles in local communities. Chaplains help people explore Christian faith and signpost to Christian communities.
Find out more here: Employed spiritual leadership
This approach also recognises and develops existing leadership models and practices, helping to ensure that spiritual leadership remains responsive, sustainable and rooted in the mission of The Salvation Army.
For additional information about other spiritual leadership pathways, including Salvation Army officership, visit: https://www.salvationist.org.uk/faith/calling-vocation
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