European Social Fund in England
2007 - 2013
Mentoring ESF participants towards a brighter future
Kamal Jit Kaur arrived in the UK in 1999 to join her husband after working in Singapore as a teacher. After two years she established a career in the field of training and is now the Centre Manager in Southall for the Adult Training Network.
Kamal Jit has mentored a total of 117 people to date, and in doing so has boosted their confidence, motivation and self esteem.
She has inspired her candidates by sharing her own experiences. Participants and colleagues have commended her for providing a wide range of successful programmes that address the complex needs of the client group. She has built good relations with other statutory and voluntary sector bodies. For the past three years she has organised award presentations for her candidates to share their successes and achievements. This year it was her turn to win an award – the ESF London Outstanding Mentor/Tutor/Employment Advisor of the Year award - 2009.
Kamal Jit has an open door policy where participants can ask for advice or information, and her perseverance has helped her candidates to overcome their obstacles.
She has great job satisfaction when her candidates take steps to undertake work placements and secure permanent employment. By always sharing their success with the team staff morale has increased as a result. The growing number of successful candidate work placements and job entries has led to better relations with employers thus increasing opportunities to continue working with them.
Project information
The Customised Employability Training for Food And Drink (CETFAD) project provides Literacy/employability skills for disadvantaged workless groups. Training is customised for the food and drink Sector. The employability element includes essential language skills development and where appropriate leads to a City & Guilds qualification in ESOL for Work at Entry level 3 or level 1. Additional support includes developing appropriate ICT skills.