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1. Meet the team2. The Apprenticeships we offer3. Everything you need to know about Apprenticeships i. Business benefits of Apprentices ii. What we can offer4. Recruitment5. Apprenticeship Levy6. Employer Incentive7. 20% off the job training i. How to calculate the 20%8. E-Portfolio tracking - SMART Assessor i. Learning, Safeguarding and Pastoral Mentor
Contents
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Meet the team
Lauren DayApprenticeship Recruiter
M: 07904607602E: [email protected]
Joanne GibsonBusiness Consultant
M: 07903 064201E: [email protected]
Matthew VassBusiness Consultant
M: 07908607620E: [email protected]
Phillip DayesBusiness Consultant
M: 07525796886E: [email protected]
Amy DrurySenior Apprenticeship Recruiter
M: 07535424552E: [email protected]
Keith TsimBusiness Consultant
M: 07944078914E: [email protected]
Kelly MusgraveApprenticeship Recruiter
M: 07920450125E: [email protected]
Trevor SpencerLearning MentorM: 07947678663
The Apprenticeships we offer
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CONSTRUCTION
HAIRDRESSING
CHILDCARE
ENGINEERING HEALTH & SOCIAL CARE
ELECTRICAL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
HOSPITALITY & CATERING
PLUMBING
MANAGEMENT
CREATIVE & DIGITAL
MOTOR VEHICLE HUMAN RESOURCES
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HCUK Training work with businesses of all sizes to analyse training needs, identify relevant apprenticeships and the best way of providing the training.Our Apprenticeship Recruitment Service provides a responsive and customer-focused service which offers a high quality, tailored experience to each employer.
Apprenticeships can deliver real returns to your bottom line. Because they are designed specifically to meet
your needs as an employer, they ensure your staff have the skills and qualifications you need now and for the future.
By investing in apprenticeships, you can harness new talent and creative ideas, improve job satisfaction and reduce staff turnover. Apprentices are widely regarded as eager, motivated, flexible and loyal to their organisation. The training they receive via HCUK Training will increase their confidence, reliability and enthusiasm.
Everything you need to know about Apprenticeships
• Apprentices help build a skilled workforce
• Apprentices provide a positive return on investment
• Apprentices are highly motivated workers
• Apprentices are loyal to your organisation
• Apprentices are a sustainable way of building your business with low risk
• There is significant support available to them and to you
Business benefits of Apprentices
We will be supporting employers to maximise their return on investment of the Apprenticeship levy. With our dedicated Apprenticeship Recruitment team, HCUK Training can provide you and your organisation with the expertise and support to guide you effortlessly through this new system, we offer;
• Advice and guidance on the levy
• Training needs analysis
• Workforce planning and support
• Recruitment service for new apprentices
• Upskill and reskilling of existing staff
What we can offer
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Our Business Recruitment service is FREE to businesses and aims to make finding the right apprentice for your company a quick and easy process. Our specialised team take a consultative approach to your company’s needs and have a time served process in place to ensure a successful match to your individual requirements.
We commit to providing a high quality calibre of candidate to advance your business throughout their time with you. To achieve this we ensure all of our applicants possess the skills and attributes you need from them, as well as the vocational and academic skill set required to successfully complete their training.
Our Recruitment Team will meet with you to gain an in depth understanding of your business functions, growth plans and culture. At this point we will advertise your vacancy online nationally, throughout the Hull College Group and to our existing talent pool of candidates.
With all applicants we will;• Examine applications on your behalf.
• Conduct initial telephone and face to face interviews if required.
• Arrange final interviews at a suitable time and location for you.
Again we do this at no cost to the company! Meaning you only see those candidates that have been matched specifically to your vacancy!
We are experts at what we do and train our staff to understand the apprenticeship market, along with the importance of meeting and exceeding the often unique requirements of each individual employer, meaning we place the right candidate, first time.
Recruitment
Apprenticeship LevyEmployers with a wage bill of less than £3 million a year will not need to pay the levy.At least 95% of non-levy-paying employers’ apprenticeship training and assessment costs in England will be paid for by the government. The government will ask these employers to make a 5% cash contribution to the cost, paid directly to the provider, and the government covers the rest (up to the maximum agreed funding band).
If you’re an employer with a pay bill over £3 million a year, you must pay the apprenticeship levy from 6 April 2017. Read guidance on how to pay the apprenticeship levy. You will report and pay your levy to HMRC through the PAYE process.
The levy will not affect the way you fund training for apprentices who started an apprenticeship programme before 1 May 2017. You’ll need to carry on funding training for these apprentices under the terms and conditions that were in place at the time the apprenticeship started.
Less than 2% of UK employers pay the levy. Levy funds will create opportunities for young people across the country, delivering the skills British businesses need.
The levy will give employers control of their training, agree a total price for each apprenticeship, which includes the costs of training and assessment.
In England*, the government will top up employers’ levy with an extra 10%, paid directly to employers’ apprenticeship accounts.
An employer’s wage bill is made up of the total amount of the employees’ earnings that are subject to Class 1 National Insurance contributions, such as:• Wages• Bonuses• Commissions• Pension contributionsFind out more here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/apprenticeships-guide-for-employers
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Employer IncentiveAn incentive payment of £1000 is available to any employer taking on an apprentice aged 16-18 (or aged 19-24 with an Education Health and Care plan or care leaver). Payments are made via the training provider and passed on to the employer: £500 after month three and £500 after month twelve.
If you are a small business (with fewer than 50 employees) there will be no cost to you for training an apprentice aged 16-18 (or aged 19-24 with an Education
Health and Care plan or care leaver).
If your business has more than 50 employees you will pay only 5% of the training costs of each apprentice. Businesses of this size pay for all ages, with no remission available for 16-18 year olds.
Employers of apprentices under the age of 25 do not pay secondary Class 1 (employer) National Insurance contributions for their apprentice.
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From April 2019, levy-paying employers can transfer a maximum amount of 25% of their annual funds. They can make transfers from their apprenticeship account to as many employers as they choose. The apprenticeship service calculates this amount by:• The total amount of levey declared in the previous tax
year• With the English percentage appliedLearning support
• Plus the payment of 10% from the government
Employers who pay the apprenticeship levy and have
unused apprenticeship funds can find employers who want to receive a transfer in a number of ways. For example, you could:
• Work with employers you currently work with
• Get in touch with other employers in your industry
• Get in touch with an Apprenticeship Training Agency (ATA)
• Work with regional partners
Find out more here: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/transferring-apprenticeship-service-funds
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At Work With the introduction of the Apprenticeship Levy, the Education & Skills Funding Agency has published a new set of funding rules for employers and providers in England.
One of the key elements requires employers to give all apprentices at least 20% of their total working hours for “off-the-job” learning. This is defined as learning which is undertaken outside of the normal day-to-day working environment and leads towards the achievement of an apprenticeship. This can include training that is delivered at the apprentice’s normal place of work but must not be delivered as part of their normal working duties.
The off-the-job training must be directly relevant to the apprenticeship and could include:• The teaching of theory (for example, lectures, role
playing, simulation exercises, online learning, manufacturer training)
• Practical training
• Time spent writing assessments and assignments
• Learning support
• Shadowing and mentoring
• Industry visits and attendance at skills competitions
Off-the-job training does not include:• English and Maths (up to level 2) which is funded
separately
• Progress reviews or on-programme assessment required for an apprenticeship (i.e. assessor/skills coach meetings)
• Training which takes place outside the apprentice’s paid working hours
20% off the job training
When calculating the 20% off-the-job, we take the following approach:1. Work out the total working hours for the apprentice.
(This should exclude annual leave entitlement and bank holidays.)
2. Calculate 20% of the total working hours across the planned duration of the programme
Find out more here:www.gov.uk/government/publications/apprenticeships-off-the-job-training
How to calculate the 20%
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E-portfolio tracking - SMART AssessorAll of our apprentices and employers have access to our E-Portfolio system which is used as a tracking tool throughout the duration of the apprenticeship. The system allows the apprentice to upload their work for
the skills coach to mark and feedback. The employer can see all of the communication, work completed, feedback, attendance and add their own input to the apprentice’s learner journey.
Learning, Safeguaring and Pastoral MentorOnce your apprentice has enrolled on to their apprenticeship our fantastic Apprenticeship Mentor at HCUK Training will make contact with the apprentice during their off the job training with us. Our Apprenticeship Mentor is the first port of call for all apprentices whatever the requirement, from passing messages onto Tutors to the pastoral care and advice.
Our Apprenticeship Mentor has a duty of care of all of our apprentices and ensures that awareness and
concerns are being raises as a designated safeguarding officer for the Hull College Group. It is the Mentor’s responsibility to be the voice of the apprentice whilst providing confidential personal support where needed.
Our Apprenticeship Mentor also serves local schools with taster sessions and tutorials assisting with smooth the transition between school and the different method of learning which an apprenticeship provides.
[email protected] / 0300 330 2010