Kickstart Scheme
Employers of all sizes can apply for funding which covers:
- 100% of the 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 spread the start date of the job placements up until the end of December 2021.
From 3 February 2021, employers can apply directly to the Kickstart scheme for any number of job placements. The Government is removing the threshold of 30 job placements.
Businesses can also choose to apply through a Kickstart gateway, including those supporting sole traders. Kickstart gateways already working with the scheme can continue to add more employers and job placements to their grant agreement.
Grants available are:
- £300 per job placement to cover admin costs.
- £1,500 per job placement for employers.
This funding is for setup costs and to support the young person to develop their employability skills. Employers can choose to get someone else to do this for them, such as a Kickstart gateway or a service provider. If they choose to do this they will have to agree how to share the £1,500.
Kickstart Scheme wages and related costs for employers
- 100% of the 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.
If you are an employer looking to create 29 or less job placements for young people, you can apply for funding as part of the Kickstart Scheme. The Government has added information to its guidance about how to add new job placements to the grant agreement in ‘After you have applied’.
There is also updated information for organisations who want to be a Kickstart gateway and help employers apply for the Kickstart Scheme with information about how to add new job placements or employers to the grant agreement in ‘After you have applied’
If you are an employer looking to create 30 or more job placements, the updated guidance can be seen here: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/apply-for-a-kickstart-scheme-grant-30-or-more-job-placements?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications&utm_source=822a0175-d204-4189-91e0-2e5529b8e4d3&utm_content=daily