Kingsland Community Regeneration Trust
 

 

 

 

  • Job Opportunities

          

                   Community Led Regeneration

 

Project Activities

 

Getting a job is more than just about having the right qualifications and experience for the position. Employers also look for all important “soft” skills. These include attitude, reliability, confidence and communication. For a potential employee, these are just as relevant as “hard” skills such as IT and telephone techniques. This is because employers find it easier to teach hard skills whereas prospective employees need to possess the soft skills before they are ready for employment.
Outreach work has been a key ingredient for the success of our regeneration agency. At its most basic level, it can involve a simple leafleting exercise. In a more advanced setting, it entails in-depth interviews with residents and workers at a grass-roots level. Outreach can help organisations to improve and deliver better services to residents via information gathered from questionnaires and surveys. And it can also help hard to reach residents to access services that can improve their quality of life. Enabling and empowering local people is beneficial to all parties concerned and outreach work is a perfect way of achieving this. With this in mind, KCRT developed the Outreach Training Programme; a 3 day (12 hour) course in which participants are introduced to all aspects of outreach work. 
KCRT offers one to one Advice & guidance to help  unemployed residents in to employment. 
One to one advice and guidance sessions provide  clients with all aspects of job application process
 including:
• CV development
• Interview preparation & technique
• Job application support
• Job search

As part of it’s employment focused activities KCRT organises Job Fairs on a regular basis at venues local to our respective catchment areas.  These events are free to attend and provide an ideal opportunity for local residents to meet potential employers face-to-face in familiar surroundings and an informal/friendly setting.

As part of its community development work KCRT has managed two community groups in Haggerston Estate: The Over 50s, and the Ethnic Women (ie Turkish & Asian) group. These Groups are funded by Canalside Housing Partnership.

• Over 50's group
• Asian Women Group