Funding Opportunities
Modern Apprenticeships
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JB Management, with the help of Skills Development Scotland, offer individuals the chance to gain invaluable industry recognised accreditations - including SVQs and NVQs - through Modern Apprenticeships training.
Skills Development Scotland can provide funding for Modern Apprenticeship programme. The only investment candidates and employers need to make is time and effort. The Modern Apprenticeship programme can bring enormous rewards, in the form of improved self-confidence, competence, efficiency and motivation.
What is involved?
A Modern Apprenticeship provides candidates with vocational training that is relevant to them, the company and chosen industry. The scheme isn't only relevant to traditional industries - Modern Apprenticeships are available in a number of sectors, with the format of training decided by the appropriate SVQ or NVQ for that sector.
Apprentices are encouraged to progress through the various levels of qualification available, although this isn't the only focus of the training. A Modern Apprenticeship will also enahnce a range of 'soft skills' to draw upon, including sound communication, teamwork, problem solving, numerical and IT skills - all of which are invaluable to any employer.
A Modern Apprenticeship may be completed within a time period that's suitable to the candidate and employer. In most cases, apprentices work towards a SVQ of Level 2 or above.
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Employer Recruitment Incentive
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Give an individual a great start - and get up to £2000 for your business.
Finding a job in the current economic climate can be challenging. Therefore it is only common sense to assume that this could be much more challenging for individuals with barriers. Circumstances like being unemployed can make it difficult to get started. This where the Employer Recruitment Incentive can support candidates and organisations. If an employer recruits someone as an employee or a Modern Apprentice it could be eligible to receive a grant up to £2000.
To qualify for this incentive businesses will have to employ an individual who has been unemployed or has faced barriers in the past.
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Flexible Training Opportunities
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Flexible Training Opportunities gives Scottish organisations with up to 150 employees the opportunity to apply for up to £5,000 towards employee training costs.
Enhancing employees' skills will bring real benefits to any organisation, including improved productivity and a stronger and more confident workforce.
The types of training and levels eligible for support are:
• Qualifications including individual units
• Masterclasses
• Learning based on National Occupational Standards
• Industry recognised qualifications
• Supervisory and management training
• Workshops
• Taster sessions
Funding is available for up to 10 employees per business and the money is not a loan so there's no need to pay it back. Skills Development Scotland can refund up to 50% of each episode of employee training up to a maximum of £500 for each employee.
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Targeted Pathways to Modern Apprenticeships
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Skills Development Scotland (SDS) recently secured European Social funding for 800 Targeted Pathways to Apprenticeships (TPA) places.
The programme is designed to provide additional vocational training opportunities to young people (16-19) that will lead to employment or a Modern Apprenticeship. JB Management have worked with the programme since its inception in 2009. Many of our clients have welcomed this programme as an opportunity to provide school leavers with the tools to progress to a Modern Apprenticeship position.
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ILA Scotland
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ILA Scotland is a Scottish Government scheme that helps candidates pay for learning that is tailored to their career and available time commitments. Eligible candidates will have an income of less than £22,000 per year, or are on benefits.
If you are 16 or over and living in Scotland, you could get £200 towards the cost of learning with a learner account from ILA Scotland.
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Adult 20+
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JB Management has been awarded this new contract by Skills Development Scotland to deliver SVQ’s under the Adult 20+ Modern Apprenticeship.
These fully funded places are for NEW ADULT 20+ EMPLOYEES TO THE BUSINESS ONLY. The places are split between 20-24 year old and 25+ and are on a first come basis.
Eligibility criteria for the candidates:
• New starts, aged 20-24 and 25+, who are being recruited by employers, i.e. new employees to the business.
• Employees in employment, aged 20-24 and 25+, not greater than 3 months with their employer (over 3 months NOT ELIGIBLE).
MA Frameworks available are:
• Administration Level 3
• Occupational Health and Safety Level 3
• Logistics Operations Management Level 3
• Construction L2
• Construction L3
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