About Us
A Unique Approach
"Kaleidoscope Quest (K-quest) is a career transition programme like no other. It is aimed at those that are about to lose, or have already lost their jobs and are looking for inspiration before their next career move. It was originally designed to help to mitigate the negative mental health impact of unemployment.
Our unique approach is inspired by the manner in which I secured my ideal role with James Caan (Ex-Dragons Den) in just 4 days, without even knowing there was a job available to apply for.
My learnings, combined with those from my incredible team of individuals from diverse back-grounds have enabled us to create an interactive 6-week incubator programme that will not only take you on an inspirational journey to better understand your inner drivers and purpose, but will help you to create a ‘step-by-step’ career plan, enabling you to optimise your potential and achieve your goals."
Hardeep Rai. Founder & CEO.
Why now?
What COVID has taught us.
COVID has taught us the fragility of life and we now live in a world where we are more reflective and purpose driven than ever before. It gave birth to a major crisis that saw an estimated 900,000+ people in the UK unemployed due to their mental health.
There has never been a more important time than now for employers to find ways to prevent this mental health crisis from deepening and employees to receive this specialist support. K-Quest is a part of www.Kaleidoscope.Group that has its origins in disability and mental health and is very well placed to address this emerging mental health crisis.
Professor Zenobia Nadirshaw MBE. Board Director. Mental Health
Our Proposition
For Candidates looking for inspiration
For Candidates looking for inspiration
For Candidates looking for inspiration
K-quest encourages you to press 'Pause' on your life and reflect on what really drives & motivates you. This will force you to challenge yourself and ask more questions, rather than doing what you may have always done, by staying in your comfort zone.
For Employers making staff redundant
For Candidates looking for inspiration
For Candidates looking for inspiration
Letting go of a valued member of staff is never easy. However, through K-quest, you can 'soften the blow' by offering your departing staff member(s) a place on our programme. This will give them the best possible start to their next chapter in life.
Our Incubator Programme
1. Discover yourself
3. Enhance your confidence
1. Discover yourself
Who are you? What are your talents, your hidden talents, your soft skills & hard skills?
2. Find your purpose
3. Enhance your confidence
1. Discover yourself
Discover what motivates you and begin your journey to purpose & higher performance.
3. Enhance your confidence
3. Enhance your confidence
4. Find your story / narrative
How do you build your Self-Confidence and Self-Esteem levels to yield you success?
4. Find your story / narrative
4. Find your story / narrative
4. Find your story / narrative
We all have a story in life that makes us unique. How can we help you to tell yours?
5. Define your career
4. Find your story / narrative
6. Maximise your success
How do you define your perfect role, find it, and then approach future employers?
6. Maximise your success
4. Find your story / narrative
6. Maximise your success
How do you interview well and present yourself in the best way to secure success?
The Delivery
Our incubator programme is spread over a 6 week period and includes 6 weekly sessions that are approximately 1.5 hours each.
They are delivered online via Microsoft Teams or Zoom, and are interactive with a small number of other participants.
The output is a 'Step-by-Step' career plan that will form the foundation for your future journey ahead.
Why us?
Our experience
The rich tapestry of the life experience of our Founder, Hardeep Rai (https://www.kaleidoscope.group/about-ki/) together with his incredible and diverse team is what makes this programme totally unique. Everything we share is from our 'book of life' as opposed to any text book learnings and this yields some remarkable insights. The delivery style is informal yet engaging and encourages openness and disclosure in a psychologically safe space, which is met with compassion, empathy and understanding.
In addition to this, The Kaleidoscope Group have over the last 8 years encountered many complex and challenging environments through its training programmes. This has provided insights, learnings and an understanding, that transcends disability and can be applied to a wider community of individuals from a variety of different backgrounds delivering multiple and wide-ranging benefits to both the employer and employee. This is of particular importance in the current climate with a culture of greater openness.
Selected members of the Kaleidoscope team.
Testimonials
L. Davies. Participant.
“Since attending the Programme, I have gone from strength to strength. I finally landed two jobs. I’m a sight loss friendly church advisor for a Christian charity and I am an inclusion consultant for a disabled lead social enterprise.”
M. Elkins. Participant.
“What I can say about the kaleidoscope experience is that it has made me realise that having a disability is a advantage, not a disadvantage
Also, the experience has made me overlook and overcome my confidence and self-esteem which in itself is a huge advantage.
The path I have taken with Kaleidoscope has made me believe in myself And make me realise how I can sell myself to a future employer And other people have concern
All of the kaleidoscope team are brilliant, and they made everyone in the group realise that everybody has got hidden talents. This could be talents which you use every day and they are sitting literally at the end of your nose, but you don’t realise that they are there
I would highly recommend this course to anybody with a disability who is finding it difficult at work. Can’t rate it high enough.”
R.Bethel. Participant.
“I think today is the start of the rest of my life
I’ve never been in such an inviting space where we’re all encouraged to be brave and not afraid.
The world is a better place today because of this experience and for that I wish to thank you from the very inside of my heart
I was super happy when I met you albeit virtually today
Thank you Thank you .”
L. Baldchin. Participant.
"I have enjoyed your Programme. It has helped me to gain confidence and self-esteem. I have also gained valuable knowledge and have been inspired by the programme.”
B. Hopkins. Participant.
“This programme helps to give people the confidence and the skills to succeed in different roles. Helping to encourage the interaction between different people, is something that needs to be encouraged, as there are many isolated people that need some real interaction with other people in a positive environment.”
H. Graham. DWP Observer.
“I found them thought provoking and potentially life changing. I don’t know how you did it, but you extracted so much from the attendees, and helped them re-model the information they gladly gave into something tangible they could take forward with them on their employment journey.
As I said after the first session I attended – I was ‘blown away’ at how you created a safe space for a group of complete strangers to share so much about themselves, and at how quickly they gelled together. It was a privilege to ‘observe’, and judging by the comments made by the participants, something that they have truly enjoyed and will benefit from.”
