COMMUNITY MONEY ADVICE TRAINING
Training has always been at the heart of our services, with the aim of guiding individuals with little or no experience of working with clients, to a place where they have a good understanding of how to assist people with budgeting support and the processes involved in unlocking debt issues.
Our training courses and materials are designed to help individuals gain an in-depth understanding of the tools available so they can confidently offer budgeting support and education. Through our Debt Advice Training individuals will learn the skills to assist clients in finding sustainable solutions to their current challenges, guiding them to become debt free; giving them real hope for the future.
DEBT ADVICE TRAINING (England)
Over the years CMA has written, rewritten, adapted and added to our training programme, culminating in achieving the:
- CMA Award in Generalist Debt Advice (MaPS accredited at Advice Level)
- CMA Award in Casework/Specialist Debt Advice (MaPS accredited at Casework/Specialist)
Click here to take a look at a useful flowchart which shows the journey through our CMA MaPS accredited training programme.
If you operate anywhere other than England and wish to attend debt advice training, please email: [email protected] to discuss your requirements.
BUDGET COACH TRAINING
For those wishing to support clients who may be struggling to make ends meet, we have a Budget Coach Training course which will equip budget coaches to support individuals and families to work within a budget and live within their means. This training is ideal for integrating budgeting support within other person focussed services and is relevant to all regions of the UK.
CMA CONNECT MONEY MENTOR TRAINING (CMA Connect Affiliated centres only)
CMA Connect centres allow individuals to operate as Money Mentors. The CMA Connect Money Mentor Training enables Money Mentors to learn about how to offer budgeting support, ways of collecting and collating the client's financial information and how to make referrals for the regulated debt advice, to CMA's team of Hub Debt Advisers.
Please click the links below for more detail about our training courses.
Generalist Debt Advice Training
For those wanting to advise within a centre environment, completing accredited training covering everything required to become a Generalist Debt Adviser. PLEASE NOTE: in the UK, your organisation must usually have FCA authorisation before you can practice as a debt adviser.
Casework/Specialist Debt Advice Training
For those wanting to take their debt advice knowledge to the next level. This is the MaPS Casework/Specialist accredited training covering everything from how to successfully complete file reviews, to a full understanding of all the insolvency options available in England / Wales.
Budget Coach Training
Our Budget Coach Training Course is aimed at those wishing to help people learn how to budget. It provides all the materials and training for you to be able to get alongside clients and those struggling to manage their money and enable them to draw up realistic budgets.
CMA Connect Money Mentor Training
Connect Money Mentor training is only for those working in CMA Connect centres. The training covers everything required to be able to support clients with budgeting, whilst accessing regulated debt advice from CMA Hub.
For current availability of all training days please see our Book Training page.
For all training queries before or after booking, please email: [email protected]
Hosting Face-to-Face Training Days
CMA training is mainly being delivered remotely via Zoom but face-to-face training at your venue can be requested and we will always do our best to meet your requirements. If you would like to request face-to-face training, please complete the TM-18 CMA Training Booking Form and email it to: [email protected]