CAP Life Skills Coach

Welcome

Thank you so much for considering joining us as a CAP Life Skills Coach. This is your opportunity to join a rapidly growing movement of people who are working together to tackle one of the biggest social problems facing us today. We’re so excited for you to join the family!

Who are we?

We’re on a mission to set people in our nation free from a life sentence of debt, poverty and their causes. Our 618 services, including Debt Centres, Job Clubs, Fresh Start and Life Skills groups, are all run through local churches, meaning we can offer our clients not only expert practical support, but companionship, hope and a chance to hear the gospel too.

At our core, we’re:

• Passionate and compassionate: We do what we do because we care deeply about seeing people released from debt, poverty and their causes
• Excellent and generous: We go above and beyond for our clients
• Courageous: Who wants to settle for the same old when we can push for bigger and better?
• Fun and united: We’re one big CAP family!
• Christ-centred: We know none of this would be possible without Jesus

CAP Life Skills

All CAP’s services are run through local churches to engage and support people in their communities. CAP Life Skills are designed to help members gain confidence and decision making skills to survive life on a low income, as well as offering them the opportunity to hear the Gospel. Hear from some of our existing life skills staff and other service managers below about why they love what they do!

Role

Your role as a CAP Life Skills Coach will be to assist and support the CAP Life Skills Manager in the set up and running of the life skills group. You will lead sessions and support members as they work through the course materials. All of this must be done in a way that positively reflects the Christian faith and the Core Values of the charity.

You’ll usually decide your minimum time commitment with the CAP Life Skills Manager, but generally it’s in the region of 2 to 4 hours a week.

Because this role can involve working with vulnerable people, you’ll need to have a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. Your church will need to apply for and fund a Basic Disclosure for you.

Please note, as part of this role, we ask that you have access to the internet and an active email address.

Accountabilities

• To support the CAP Life Skills Manager in the weekly running of all three elements of the group (Course, Community and Coaching) for a minimum of 26 weeks per year, according to the structure defined at training
• To support members as they aim to reach their targets and complete modules
• To intentionally demonstrate and promote the Christian gospel with members
• To participate in all initial and ongoing training required by CAP, in order to offer the best service possible
• To promote the work of CAP within your church
• To promote the work of CAP to friends, families and contacts to increase support and awareness of the charity – this includes encouraging support through the CAP Life Changer programme

Person

This bit’s just the facts and formalities – excuse us for going all official on you! It’s basically a breakdown of what you’ll need to ace this role.

What happens next?

Selection

1. Tell us a bit more about yourself by filling out the application form. (You’ll find the link to your application form in the original email.)
2. Once we’ve received your application, we’ll read and process it within 48 hours.
3. The next step is for us to get in contact with you and all being well, get you booked onto our next training course.

Any questions? Give our selection team a shout on 01274 760797.

Training

Training is residential and is held at our head office in Bradford over an evening and two full days. We’ll provide meals and all training materials whilst you’re training with us. If you’re opening a new service and submit your application and reference form before the early bird deadline, we’ll be able to provide accommodation for you too.

Please note, our training course forms part of our selection process. Although very rare, we do reserve the right to withdraw the offer of any role should any issues arise at training.

Ongoing

We hold two annual conferences – they’re a brilliant opportunity for us to come together to worship God, connect with other CAP workers and be re-inspired by our vision. We would love for you to join us, but don’t worry, it’s not a deal-breaker if you can’t make it!

We also hold two Regional Team Days a year – these are organised by your CAP Area Manager and are an opportunity for you to connect with others working with CAP in your region. Again, we would love for you to join your regional team at these, but it’s ok if you can’t.