Kickstart Scheme
Skillways Industry
Birmingham
Skillways Kickstart Scheme, offers various industry jobs
We are offering the following types of jobs. As a business, we all have a social responsibility to support our country’s economy by supporting young people to give the opportunity to learn a new skill, get knowledge and experience to get good jobs, and develop their career.
How your business will get funding?
DWP will send the funding to you as the Kickstart Scheme gateway. You will be responsible for sending the funding to the employer.
£1,500 setup costs and £300 admin costs will be paid when the young person starts the job placement. This will come to you as a single payment of £1,800.
If the employer gets someone else to do some of the job placement setup and employability support, such as a Kickstart gateway, they will have to agree how to share this money.
DWP will use information from HMRC to check that the young person is still employed. The grant funding to pay the young person’s salary will be paid in monthly arrears when we know they are:
- enrolled on the employer’s payroll
- being paid through Pay As You Earn (PAYE)
- The employer can pay a higher wage and for more hours but the funding will not cover this.