Building new skills, fresh ideas and a different perspective

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Traineeships

• Building new skills, fresh ideas and a different
  perspective

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Traineeships

• Introduced in 1st August 2013. The programme will
  provide a structured opportunity for young people
  who are motivated by the prospect of work to
• Help develop the skills and experience they need
  to be attractive to employers.
• Traineeships are designed to as an access route
  to Apprenticeships or full employment.

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Why.???

• Many young people lack the knowledge about job
  opportunities, how to apply for jobs, how to
  write a good CV and a good application.
• There is a real mismatch between employers
  expectations of young people during the
  recruitment process and young peoples
  understanding of what is expected of them,
  particularly when it comes to presentation and
  preparation.
• Employers are finding it difficult to assess
  young people with limited work experience and
  young people find it difficult to market
  themselves to employers. As a result many young
  people struggle to make the transition from
  education to work.

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Suitability

• Unemployed and have little work experience
• Motivated to work
• Aged 16 to 18 and qualified below level 3 or
• 19 up to 23 and have not yet achieved a full
  level 2
• Can be ready for employment or an Apprenticeship
  within six months of engaging in a Traineeship

• Already have the skills and experience needed to
  start an Apprenticeship or find work
• The most disengaged young people, who require
  very intensive support
• Aged 24 plus (unless they have a Learning
  Difficulty Assessment up to academic age 25)
• Already in a job

• Suitable

• Not Suitable

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Eligibility 16-to 18-years-old

• Must meet EFAs residency requirements (EFAs
  funding guidance for young people 2013/14)
• Must be 16-18 yrs in on 31st Aug in the relevant
  funding year
• Not yet achieved a full level-3 qualification or
  equivalent (such as 2 A Levels) or
• Aged 16 or over, but under 25, and have a
  learning difficulty Assessment (LDA)

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Eligibility 19-to 23-years-old

• Must meet SFAs residency requirements (Annex 1
  of the Funding Rules 2013/14)
• Be aged 19-23 at the start of the Traineeship
• Not achieved a full level-2 qualification or
  above (5 GCSEs at C or above full)

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But..DWP benefit rules

• For those on benefits must be between 6 to 8
  weeks consecutively (12 weeks progression ??)
• Must do any placement for at least 2 weeks in a
  row
• No more than 16 hour rule applies to training in
  classroom (not to work placement)
• 16 class 14 W.E. 30 hours in total

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All Individuals

• Must be unemployed
• Have little work experience and be focused on
  work or the prospect of it .
• Have been assessed by the provider as having a
  reasonable chance of being employed, moving to an
  Apprenticeship or full-time study programme
  (16-18 yrs only)
• QAs..

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Work Placement (16 to 18 year olds)

• Key elements
• Work experience placement- 6 weeks up to 5 months
  (6 months total)
• Must include a guaranteed interview either (i)
  for a job vacancy or (ii) an exit interview, with
  a reference/feedback from the employer
• Work Preparation- job search and interview skills
• English Maths- for all trainees without GCSE
  English and/ or Maths. Can study GCSE or
  functional skills (in future will possibly be
  only GCSEs)

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Work Experience Training

• Must included a maths English assessment
• Any 16-18 yr old without GCSE grade C, or 19-23
  yr old without GCSE C or Functional Skills at L2
  must be supported to progress
• Alongside core elements can deliver other
  activities (vocational qualifications) for 16-18
  yr olds
• For 19 23 year olds, can offer regulated
  qualifications up to level 2, that are approved
  and will help the learner move into work, or
  remove a barrier.

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Other criteria.

• Must be employed in meaningful work, not
  simulated
• Employers need to offer feedback and a formal
  interview for a job or Apprenticeship or
• Employers need to give an exit interview with
  written feedback and providers must show evidence
  of activities undertaken during work placement
• Employer needs to be identified before
  commencement

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NAS website for Traineeships
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Small print..

• Employers are not required to pay young people
  taking part in Traineeships, but are encouraged
  to support trainees with expenses such as
  transport and meals

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Achievement

• Into employment for
• Apprenticeship
• Regular Employment
• Full-time study
• Finished the programme

• To achieve the work based learning they must
  progress to an eligible job
• Last 16 hrs
• More than 6 weeks in a row
• Finished the programme

• 16 to 18 years old

• 19 to 23 years old

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Funding

• ILR Planned hours
• Flat rate (some extras)
• Cover all elements
• Based on the EFA Funding Rules

• Funding bands SFA
• Minimum number of hours
• 100? 200? etc.
• Adult Skills Budget
• Accredited units

• 16 to 18 year olds

• 19 to 23 year olds

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Traineeships

• Work preparation training which ensures they have
  the skills and confidence needed for an
  Apprenticeship or any other type of employment
• Maths and English support to improve their
  literacy and numeracy
• Meaningful work experience which provides insight
  and experience of the world of work
• A focused period of work preparation training,
  focusing on areas like CV writing, interview
  preparation, job search and inter-personal skills

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