Asta Remezaite was unemployed for almost a year before being offered the position of Project Support within the Peterborough City Council Neighbourhoods team through the Future Jobs Fund. Asta began her new post on the 22nd February 2010.
The Neighbourhoods Team works closely with the local communities within the city to help identify the needs and issues of the residents. Asta and the team achieve this by liaising with the residents, arranging events and conducting regular environmental patrols and audits. They then find solutions to eradicate these problems by providing residents with the advice and facilities to tackle them themselves or if necessary, alongside the council. As her role develops Asta will also devise and implement these solutions, as well as working closely with the Neighbourhoods Management Team to help local events become more sustainable.
Since Asta started she has particularly enjoyed “attending various meetings and events such as the community planning event and meeting the local police.” All of which “has proven to be of great interest, I have it enjoyed very much ’’.
Asta added “that I should mention I am a single mum of two little girls, one of which has a disability.’’ She felt that this job was good for her because “it gives me the flexibility to attend the various appointments for my daughter, it is fantastic to be able to have such a great job and be able to care for my two children’’.
When asked about the Future Jobs Fund scheme, Asta had this to say “being given such a big opportunity has been great. I would have not been able to get a role like this before, due to my lack of experience. So to now be given the chance to do this job and gain the valuable experience needed means so much to me as it could help me gain permanent work in the future, which is all down to the Future Jobs Fund scheme’’.
The Neighbourhoods Team works closely with the local communities within the city to help identify the needs and issues of the residents. Asta and the team achieve this by liaising with the residents, arranging events and conducting regular environmental patrols and audits. They then find solutions to eradicate these problems by providing residents with the advice and facilities to tackle them themselves or if necessary, alongside the council. As her role develops Asta will also devise and implement these solutions, as well as working closely with the Neighbourhoods Management Team to help local events become more sustainable.
Since Asta started she has particularly enjoyed “attending various meetings and events such as the community planning event and meeting the local police.” All of which “has proven to be of great interest, I have it enjoyed very much ’’.
Asta added “that I should mention I am a single mum of two little girls, one of which has a disability.’’ She felt that this job was good for her because “it gives me the flexibility to attend the various appointments for my daughter, it is fantastic to be able to have such a great job and be able to care for my two children’’.
When asked about the Future Jobs Fund scheme, Asta had this to say “being given such a big opportunity has been great. I would have not been able to get a role like this before, due to my lack of experience. So to now be given the chance to do this job and gain the valuable experience needed means so much to me as it could help me gain permanent work in the future, which is all down to the Future Jobs Fund scheme’’.
