Kickstart Application Form

First Name

Last Name

Phone

Company Name

Company Website

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County

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Company Registration Number (if you are a public funded organisation, please enter '0'

The Kickstart Scheme job placements have specific qualifying criteria for each position:

each job placement must be for 6 months
at least 25 hours per week
paying at least the National Minimum Wage (or the National Living Wage depending on the age of the participant) through PAYE
paying the statutory employer duties for the health, safety and welfare for young people, National Insurance and pension contributions
including support for young people to help them get work after they finish their Kickstart Scheme job (Talented Recruitment Group offer this support which you will find more details on further through this application process)

Do all of your Kickstart Scheme job placements meet the above criteria?

Yes, all job placements meet the Kickstart criteria

No, not all job placements meet the Kickstart criteria

Are your job placements just for the Kickstart Scheme?

The Kickstart Scheme job placements must:

be funded by the Kickstart Scheme grant and would not exist without this funding
be paid from the grant money for the 25 hours per week on National Minimum Wage (employers can pay a higher wage and pay for more hours)
not replace existing or planned jobs
not cause existing employees or contractors to lose or reduce their employment

Do all of your Kickstart Scheme job placements meet this criteria?

Yes, all job placements meet this criteria

No, not all job placements meet this criteria

Can you provide employability support to young people?

Young people need support so that they are in a better position to find work in the future.

By creating a Kickstart Scheme job placement you are helping young people who are at risk of being unemployed in the long term.

The Kickstart Scheme job should help them get basic work skills. This includes:

attendance
timekeeping
teamwork
communication
travelling to work

Kickstart participants may also need help with:

CV and interviews
looking for long term work

It is compulsory to offer employability support to help each young worker increase their chances of becoming employable by you or other organisations. This is a vital part of the Kickstart criteria and application process, which without the correct supporting documentation, will result in the application being rejected.

As an approved Kickstart Gateway, Talented Recruitment Group are able to provide the relevant training and support documentation which will help increase the likelihood of your application being approved and ensure all the young people you hire through the Kickstart Scheme, are supported correctly. Our training support package includes all of the relevant information and documentation for each of your placements and costs £500 +VAT per placement which is deducted from your initial £1,500 onboarding and support grant provided by the Government.

Can you provide employability support as outlined above?

Yes, with the support from Talented Recruitment Group, we can provide employability support to young people

Yes, we can provide employability support to young people without the support of Talented Recruitment Group

No, we cannot provide employability support to young people

How many paid employees are there in your organisation?

How many job placements are you planning to create for the Kickstart Scheme?

What sort of roles are you planning to create for the Kickstart Scheme?

It is essential that all positions created for the Kickstart Scheme are new roles that would not have been possible to create without the support of the Kickstart Scheme.

As a result, each placement must:

be funded by the Kickstart Scheme grant and would not exist without this funding
be paid from the grant money for the 25 hours per week on National Minimum Wage (employers can pay a higher wage and pay for more hours)
not replace existing or planned vacancies
not cause existing employees or contractors to lose or reduce their employment

Eligibility confirmation:

Yes, I can confirm each placement meets this criteria

No, each placement does not meet this criteria

IMPORTANT NOTICE

If your organisation gives false or incomplete information to obtain a grant or uses funds for a purpose not outlined in this application, you risk prosecution and any funding provided may be repayable and future payments stopped.