Employment and Skills Incentive Schemes Guide

A handy one-page guide is now available for businesses, weighing up the choices for 16+/18+ employment schemes and the funding available.

The comparison guide includes information such as Employer Costs, Incentives, Training, Duration, Eligibility, Progression Route and links to further information.

The choices in this guide are:

Apprenticeships

Apprenticeships provide a real job with substantive, sustained high quality training in order to become occupationally competent in the chosen industry with a broad range of industries on offer. Click here for more information.

Kickstart Scheme

High quality six-month work placements in ‘new’ jobs, aimed at those aged 16 to 24 who are currently out of work and are deemed to be at risk of long-term unemployment. Click here for more information.

Traineeships

Designed to help young people who want to get an apprenticeship or job but don’t yet have appropriate skills or experience. Study based programmes, combined with work placements, which give young people the opportunity to develop workplace skills and experience; putting them in a better position to compete for future vacancies and opportunities. Click here  for more information.

Industry Placements as part of T Levels

Form part of a Level 3 technical qualification, equivalent to 3 A Levels and based on the same employer designed standards as Apprenticeships. Offers a broader course content across an occupational route, and students will also develop knowledge and skills that are required for an individual occupation. Click here for more information.

Click here to download the guide.