Traineeships

Overview

A traineeship is a skills development programme that includes a work placement. It can last from 6 weeks up to 1 year (although most will last for less than 6 months). Traineeships help 16 to 24 year olds – or 25 year olds with an education, health and care (EHC) plan – get ready for an apprenticeship or job if they don’t have the appropriate skills or experience.

Employers who offer work placement opportunities for traineeships for 70 hours or more are eligible to receive an incentive payment of £1000 per learner, for up to 10 learners.

This Incentive is available until 31st July 2021.

Benefits to Employers

A traineeship:

is flexible, can be sector focused and is funded by the government
gives your current employees experience in training and mentoring
allows you to design a programme that suits both the needs of your business and the needs of the trainee
can help you increase capacity and productivity
can help you develop a loyal and talented workforce
allows you to help tackle youth unemployment
is a route into an apprenticeship
allows you to get to know and work with young people prior to recruiting apprentices
£1000, for each successful placement of 70+ hours up to maximum of £10k

For more information about the traineeships & Incentives,
Contact us on 07841 115241 or email kevin.chater@resourcesdev.co.uk

Your responsibilities

When offering a traineeship work placement you need to provide:

safe, meaningful and high-quality work experience
a minimum of 70 hours of work experience – but no more than 240 hours for benefit claimants – over the duration of the traineeship (maximum of one year) and as agreed with the traineeship provider
constructive feedback and advice to the trainee
an interview for an apprenticeship or job in your business at the end of the traineeship if one is available
an exit interview at the end of the traineeship with meaningful written feedback if no job is available
You may wish to support trainees with expenses such as transport and meals

The traineeship is free to your business, with incentives of £1,000 per trainee up to a maximum of £10,000; this is paid after the successful completion of the placement.

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/traineeship-employer-incentive-registration-form

Designing the Programme

Resources will work with you to assess your needs and those of the trainees.
Trainees may need training before starting work experience.

We will then plan and agree:

How the programme will be delivered
Extra training required
The days and hours the trainee will work
Traineeships are flexible; you can adjust the programme as you go, to make sure you and the trainee get the most out of it.