Funding for Qualifications
Would funding to support your staff’s training be helpful?
Adult social care demands an appropriately trained workforce. Training such as NVQ and Common Induction Standards are essential, and you may be able to access funding to help meet the costs of these.
News Flash!!
2010 Funding for Training Now Available
We are pleased to advise, Partners in Care has been awarded the Skills for Care Training Strategy Implementation Funding (TSIF) contract for 2010/11.
You will find all the information and guidance you need to make a claim in the downloadable documents below. The most useful document to look at first is the TSI Funding Registration 2010/11 Form, which contains an easy to follow, step-by-step guide.
In order to claim TSI Funding the NMDS-sc must be Fully completed/updated. Furthe information and guidance is available below.
If you have claimed funding in previous years please be aware there are some changes to the process this year. An important point to note is the initial submission date of 1st November 2010. PIC will submit all claims received before this date to Skills for Care for approval. The second submission date will be announced later in the year, once all claims from the November deadline have been settled.
Eligible units will be funded at a maximum of £65 per unit – where this does not exceed the training costs incurred. Claims are only eligible for units signed off/mandatory training completed, since 1st January 2010.
Training Eligible for Funding Claims
NVQ 2 Health & Social Care (6 Units)
NVQ 3 Health & Social Care (8 Units)
NVQ 4 Health & Social Care (8 Units)
NVQ 4 Leadership & Management in Care Services (8 Units)
Assessors Award (2 Units)
Mentors Award (1 Units)
Common Induction Standards (1 Unit)
Manager Induction Standards (1 Unit)
Learning Disability Qualification Induction (1 Unit)
First Aid (1 Unit)
Food Hygiene (1 Unit)
Moving & Handling (1 Unit)
Moving & Handling of People (1 Unit)
We recommend that you don’t delay in submitting any claims for 2010/11. This is a limited fund, and for the first time all TSI funding for 2009/10 was claimed before the end of the contract period.
Downloads
Please note: Applications for TSI funding for units dated in 2009 has now closed.
Sam Clarke is the expert in the team. If you have any questions or would like further information please contact:
Sam Clarke
Project Implementation Co-Ordinator
Tel: 01202 639026
Email: Sam Clarke
Leadership & Management Funding
The Train to Gain website provides up to date information on the funding available to support leadership and management development www.traintogain.gov.uk. In a nut shell, Train to Gain funding may be available to organisations with 5 – 249 employees (paid or unpaid) to support the improvement of leadership and management skills through coaching, mentoring or qualifications.
Grant support of up to £1,000 may be available: the first £500 does not require match funding but must benefit the person identified as the key leader/manager within the organisation. The remaining £500 grant must be match funded in cash by the employer and can be used to support the same leader/manager or one or more other managers (depending on the organisational needs). Where the grant is used to support accredited higher education provision, it is essential that the grant money is match funded in its entirety.
For more information contact the care sector specialist broker:
Di Cherry
Skills Broker Business Link
Tel: 07595 205755
Email: Di Cherry
Apprenticeships
First and foremost, an apprentice is an employee. Apprenticeships are a combination of on and off the job training. Great sources of information are the Apprenticeship Service website www.apprenticeships.org.uk and specifically for social care, the Skills for Care website www.skillsforcare.org.uk/apprenticeships
Apprenticeship programmes are designed by employers for employers and are therefore tailored to meet the needs of the social care sector.
In may cases the cost of providing the training is fully subsidised.
The Department of Health’s Working to Put People First acknowledges the importance of apprenticeships for social care.
Who can be an apprentice? - Existing staff - New staff - Non-social care staff
Funding
Apprenticeship funding is available from the National Apprenticeship Service. The size of the contribution varies depending on your sector and the age of the candidate.
For more information contact:
Marie Honnor
Employer Services Manager
National Apprenticeship Services
Ground Floor
Quad 1000
Blackbrook Business Park
Taunton
Somerset
TA1 2PX
Tel: 07885 374923
Email: Marie Honnor
SCIE Funding Opportunity for IT
The Social Care Institute for Excellence are promoting use of IT in the care workplace setting. If you are looking to update, renew or 'get connected' then there is a good opportunity here to apply for funding. Please click on the link below and pass this on to colleagues who may not have seen this opportunity.
A good example of the free online resources that are now available are the SCIE interactive materials - please see enclosed.
As this is a national offer it will probably be a good idea to check this out as soon as you can...
