{"id":5471,"date":"2022-03-18T16:34:50","date_gmt":"2022-03-18T16:34:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.childrenscommissioner.gov.uk\/imo\/?p=5471"},"modified":"2023-02-14T12:45:14","modified_gmt":"2023-02-14T12:45:14","slug":"career-experienced-people-meet-kim-a-care-experienced-project-manager-on-the-civil-service-fast-stream","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.childrenscommissioner.gov.uk\/imo\/your-stories\/career-experienced-people-meet-kim-a-care-experienced-project-manager-on-the-civil-service-fast-stream\/","title":{"rendered":"Career experienced people: Meet Kim, a care-experienced Project Manager on the Civil Service Fast Stream"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<figure><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/usnoE0_7cEs\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><span class=\"style-scope yt-formatted-string\" dir=\"auto\">Meet Kim, a Project Manager on the Civil Service Fast Stream, currently on secondment at Smart Works. Find out what she does day-to-day, the best part of her job and the Care Leaver Programme she has been developing for Smart Works. She also shares what sparked her interest in her career and how she got to where she is now as well as the skills that are useful to her role and her career advice. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span class=\"style-scope yt-formatted-string\" dir=\"auto\">Kate Stevens, CEO of Smart Works also shares the work that the charity do. Smart Works is a brilliant charity providing career coaching, one-to-one interview support and clothes for interview for unemployed women. If you would like to be referred get in contact with IMO: hello@imohub.org.uk or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.childrenscommissioner.gov.uk\/help-at-hand\/\">Help at Hand<\/a><\/span><span class=\"style-scope yt-formatted-string\" dir=\"auto\">.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kim was also featured in our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.childrenscommissioner.gov.uk\/imo\/turning-25\/\">Turning 25 series<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>#CEP is our spotlight on care experienced people and their careers. We\u2019re platforming people with care experience and the brilliant careers they\u2019ve created for themselves, and sharing their career advice to inspire the next generation of care leavers. 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