Filey MP, Kevin Hollinrake, is calling on local employers to help young people into work by signing up to the Kickstart employment scheme.
The £2 billion scheme has been designed to ensure young people at risk of long term unemployment have a future opportunities by creating quality, government-subsidised jobs across the UK, with an aim of helping to spur the country’s economic recovery after the coronavirus pandemic.
Under the scheme, which was announced in June as part of the Government’s Plan for Jobs, employers that sign up will be able to offer youngsters aged 16-24 who are claiming Universal Credit a six-month work placement that is fully funded by the Government. This means the Government will pay 100 per cent of the young persons’ age-relevant National Minimum Wage, National Insurance and pension contributions for 25 hours a week, which the employer can top up if they chose to. In addition, the Government will also pay the employer £1500 for each young person they take on, to support any training or associated costs like uniforms that they might incur when setting up the scheme.
The scheme will initially be open until December 2021, but there is the option for it to be extended. Young people will be referred into the new roles through their Jobcentre Plus work coach with the first Kickstarts expected to begin at the start of November.
Mr Hollinrake said
“This is a fantastic opportunity for young people who are worried that the recent pandemic crisis will leave them without any job prospects. We cannot allow young people to be left behind as a result of Covid and schemes like this will be vital for creating jobs in North Yorkshire and giving young people the skills to access them. I’m delighted that the Conservative Government are putting young people are the heart of its plans to build back stronger after the pandemic, and hope as many young people and businesses as possible in the area are able to take part.”
Any organisation, regardless of size, can apply for funding but the job placements created with Kickstart funding must be new jobs. They must not replace existing or planned vacancies or cause existing employees or contractors to lose or reduce their employment.
Local businesses can find details about the scheme on the Governments Kickstart webpage.
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