Millwall Community Trust Employability & IAG Hub success stories: Kaio Venturin.
The trust via it Employability HUB offers Employability and IAG support programmes for unemployed people of all ages and backgrounds free of charge.
This support includes 1:1 employability mentoring support delivery of weekly targeted pre-employability skills Bootcamp programmes, industry sector workshops, job fairs and recruitment events as well as training and education support.
Kaio first heard of Millwall Community Trust’s (MCT) Employability & IAG Hub through his Job Centre Plus Job Coach at Forest Hill.
Following on from this, Kaio attended MCT’s Employability sessions that are run by MCT’s Employability Mentor Ophelie Zahui.
After discovering that he has an interest in photography Kaio began shadowing Millwall Community Trust’s Media Officer Kai Bennett where he learnt valuable skills.
Through this, Kaio was given the opportunity to take pictures at Millwall Lionesses match against Fulham at St Paul’s Sports Ground.
Kaio Venturin said: “When I came to Millwall Community Trust, I was struggling to motivate myself in trying to achieve my goals.
“Everything I needed help with for example my CV, the trust helped me with.
“Following this I was the young people’s voice at the Social Mobility Commissioned event put on by the Job Centre Plus at Millwall Community Trust’s Employability & IAG Hub where I was able to explain the barriers to young people getting into employment.
“This was a really useful session because I was able to give young people’s views on what could be better when searching for employment.
“As well as this I was able to photograph the event which gave me further experience.
“I was given the opportunity to attend a Millwall Lionesses fixture where I gained experience at a football match as a pitch-side photographer.
“I am looking forward to continuing to work the trust going forward as I search for full time employment.
Megan Grimwood, Job Centre Plus Job Coach at Forest Hill said: “Kaio has been very clear on his journey from when I first met him.
“Together we set goals and shared ideas on ways to build his portfolio.
“Working with Kaio has been great and he has made my job easier having such clear direction on what he wants to do and how to get there.
“I can’t wait to see where he goes from here as now, he is going he won’t stop!
Kai Bennett, Millwall Community Trust’s Media Officer said: “It has been a pleasure working with Kaio so far and I’m really pleased to see how much he is enjoying it.
“When Kaio first came to the IAG Hub I could see he had a real passion for photography and with opportunities he could really develop his skills.
“Kaio showed real professionalism when photographing a Millwall Lionesses match at St Paul’s Sports Ground, Rotherhithe.
“I look forward to continuing to work Kaio and seeing him progress even further.”
John Scarborough, Millwall Community Trust’s Education & Employability Manager said: “Often obtaining the employment role we desire first means getting the experience necessary which can be as hard if not harder than getting employment".
"Being able to provide young people like Kaio task focused work taster experiences means we are able to ensure the taster is both relevant and impactful for each young person providing them unique aspirational opportunities they can gain both experience and confidence from and most importantly evidence needed to secure that employment next step."
"Working and listening to young people in our Employability and IAG Hub it has become increasingly apparent that industry experience is a major factor in their unemployment and also confidence in believing in themselves. Kaio is a prime example of someone who just needed an opportunity to get into the industry so he can evidence his potential.”
To find out more, visit: https://www.millwallcommunity.org.uk/mct-employment-support-programme
