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Don’t miss out on your opportunity to benefit from the Chancellor’s £2bn investment.
The PMA has been appointed by the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) as a Gateway provider for this UK-wide initiative (excluding Northern Ireland). We are now accepting applications from employers for one or more placements for Kickstart.
The scheme provides a much needed, valuable and talent-rich resource to GP Practices, Dental Practices and Care Homes throughout the UK. This is especially relevant with the immediate increase in workload due to the delivery of the national COVID-19 vaccination timetable.
DWP is delighted to be working with the PMA across the UK and is providing full support to help us deliver a high-quality programme to young people most in need. This will help ease the increased workload being placed on GP Practices, Dental Practices and Care Homes during these challenging times.
Currently, there are around some 900,000 young people eligible for Kickstart, an increase of over 50% since 2019 and the Chancellor has pledged £2bn of support to help counter this situation.
The Govt new Kickstart Scheme is a £2 billion fund to create hundreds of thousands of high quality 6-month work placements aimed at those aged 16 to 24 who are on Universal Credit and are deemed to be at risk of long term unemployment.
Kickstart Scheme funding for each placement will cover:
- 100% of the relevant National Minimum Wage (or the National Living Wage depending on the age of the participant) for 25 hours per week for a total of 6 months
- Associated employer National Insurance contributions
- Employer minimum automatic enrolment contributions
- Employers can pay a higher wage and for more hours but the funding will not cover this.
Kickstart Employee (placement)
The 6-month placement will support the participant develop the skills and experience they need to find work after completing the scheme.
The scheme will help the young person become more employable. This could include:
- Looking for long term work, including career advice and setting goals
- Support with Curriculum vitae (CV) and interview preparations
- Developing their skills in the workplace
End of placement choices
- Employ the participant
- Turn the participant into an apprenticeship
- Release participant with excellent work and employability skills
- Employ another participant
See our FAQ section further down the page.
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Listen below to Stacey Chapman (PMA)
and Russell Arroyo (DWP) discuss KICKSTART
The next PMA Kickstart webinar is scheduled for Wednesday, 17th February 2021 from 12 noon until 12.45 pm. Use the button below to register.
If you can’t make it, the original webinar aimed at helping you understand what the PMA KICKSTART Scheme is about is available here.
What are the benefits to the employer?
- No costs incurred by the GP practice, Dental practice or Care Home
- Fully government funded 6-month work placement
- PMA provides full vetting and recruitment of suitable applicants free of charge
- Kickstart employee working 25 hours per week, fully funded including NI and pension contributions
- GP practices, Dental practices and Care Homes receive an additional £300 grant to cover PPE, uniform and other associated costs
- Full Primary Care and Social Care aligned training programme provided by PMA tutors & coaches
- PMA weekly monitoring with employee and employer to ensure the placement is a success
- On completion, the Kickstarter can progress as an apprentice employee fully supported by PMA
- GP practices and Care Homes can then benefit from even more government funding, up to £3000 per apprentice.
Our goal is to maximise the opportunity of 6-months employment by ensuring both parties are completely satisfied with the placement. We will focus on the person, work relationships and gaining of skills, rather than just the employability sessions, as mandated by DWP.
Join the GP Practices, Dental Practices and Care Homes who are getting so much more out of the PMA KICKSTART Scheme.
The PMA KICKSTART Scheme naturally leads to greater opportunities for employment in the future and smooth transitioning onto apprenticeship programmes, where feasible. We believe it is better to enhance experiences that will go on a CV rather than simply spend time learning how to write one.