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Thank you so much for considering joining us as a CAP Life Skills Manager. This is your opportunity to join a rapidly growing movement of people who are working together to tackle poverty here in the UK. Please read below for more information — we’re excited to hear from you!
We’re on a mission to set people in our nation free from a life sentence of debt, poverty and their causes. All of our services, including Debt Centres, Job Clubs, and Life Skills, are run through local churches. This means we can offer our clients not only expert practical support, but companionship, hope and a chance to hear the Gospel.
CAP Life Skills are run through local churches, further enabling them to engage and support people in their communities. Specifically, CAP Life Skills courses 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!
Your role as a CAP Life Skills Manager will be to coordinate the set up and running of the life skills group in partnership with CAP and your church. 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.
The minimum time commitment is 6 to 8 hours per week, comprised of CAP Life Skills opening hours and some additional time for preparation, publicity and admin.
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.
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.
Any questions? Please email our Selection team on serviceselection@capuk.org
Equip is the name of CAP’s training course for all Debt Centre, Job Clubs and Life Skills coaches and managers. The training course runs over five weeks and is delivered online. In large, the training can be completed flexibly as most of it is independent work to be completed in your own time (pre recorded videos, reading material and quizzes). However, you will also have the opportunity to access live sessions complete with wonderful introductory talks, worship and prayer, Q&A opportunities and a chance to ‘meet the expert’. Please note that live sessions are optional and will be recorded, so there is no pressure to attend them all live.
Job Clubs & Life Skills Equip training
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.
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. As part of your role we ask that you join us for at least one of those.
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 for at least one of these.