The Kickstart Scheme provides funding to employers to create job placements for 16 to 24 year olds. To support businesses and organisations in Pembrokeshire to access the Kickstart scheme, Pembrokeshire County Council will become a representative for the scheme. As a representative we will partner with you to create the minimum requirement of 30 job opportunities for each application to the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP).
Pembrokeshire County Council, as a representative for the Kickstart scheme, will:
Additionally, Pembrokeshire County Council can offer services to help you to meet the jobsearch and training support requirements of the scheme.
If you are creating opportunities for a young person with a disability or health condition we can signpost you to advice on how the Access to Work scheme can support you as well.
With the Kickstart scheme, you can create six-month job placements for young people aged 16-24 years who are on Universal Credit and are at risk of long-term unemployment.
The job placements you create should encourage workers to develop skills and experience that will be useful to them in the jobs they undertake after the job placement.
Funding will cover 100 per cent of the relevant National Minimum Wage for 25 hours a week along with associated National Insurance contributions and the employer’s minimum automatic enrolment contributions. You will need to provide evidence of this expenditure to reclaim from the scheme.
A sum of £1,500 per job is also available for set-up costs, support and training (there will be 7 staged payments, £1500 upon confirmation of start of the job, reimbursement of salary/associated costs monthly in arrears.
You’ll get the funding if your application is successful
Though the scheme itself isn’t an apprenticeship, young people can move onto an apprenticeship at any time during or after their placement.
Any business or organisation can apply for the funding, no matter the size, as long as the jobs that are being created are new.
They can’t replace existing or planned vacancies, nor can they cause existing employees or contractors to lose or reduce their employment.
The roles that you create must be:
21-24 Year Old Rate |
£8.20 |
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18-20 Year Old Rate |
£6.45 |
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16-17 Year Old Rate |
£4.55 |
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If you want to provide an opportunity through the Pembrokeshire County Council Kickstart representative scheme, you can register your interest online: PCC Kickstart
If you need help with the process please let us know by contacting us through employability@pembrokeshire.gov.uk and one of our Business Liaison Officers will be in touch to provide support.
When you have submitted your interest for the scheme we will contact you to confirm the next steps.
You will need:
If you need support to understand or meet the requirements of the scheme please contact our Business Liaison Officers by emailing employability@pembrokeshire.gov.uk