Newquay Area Debt Centre Manager
Christians Against Poverty
Context
Christians Against Poverty (CAP) has a network of debt help centres throughout the UK, each one run in partnership with a local church or churches. Each of these centres is led by a Debt Centre Manager who is responsible for the successful operation of that centre. The Newquay Area Debt Centre will fall under St Gregory’s Church. The objective is to fill a gap in provision and meet an urgent need to help people in financial difficulty in Newquay and the surrounding area within the Church of England area of “Pydar Deanery”, an area of 18 Church of England parishes from Porthtowan to Padstow with Newquay at the centre.
Role
Your role as a CAP Debt Centre Manager will be to manage the running of the Debt Centre in partnership with CAP and churches in the area. You will support clients on their journey to becoming debt free through home visits and ongoing support. All of this must be done in a way that positively reflects the Christian faith and the core values of the charity. There may be an opportunity to add other CAP services to the Newquay Area Debt Centre offering such as job clubs and money and life skills coaching, funding and volunteers permitting.
The minimum time commitment is 16 hours per week, comprising four sessions of four consecutive hours, with at least two sessions being within normal working hours of 9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday.
The candidate must have a full UK Driving License and access to their own car and be willing to travel for client visits.
St Gregory’s Church will be the employer of this role. Therefore, the role will be line managed by the St Gregory’s Church Leader. The Debt Centre Manager will need to maintain good relationships with agencies potentially referring clients and churches across the area
providing support. The Centre Manager will work with, be supported by, and participate in meetings of a Steering Committee comprised of partner churches. We also ask that the successful candidate, if not already, regularly attends a partner church.
This role is subject to a probationary period of 6 months.
Please send an up-to-date CV (giving addresses of two referees – one personal, one professional) via email plus a letter explaining why you are applying and what you can bring to the post.