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Kickstart Placements<br />
<strong>Local</strong> businesses are being encouraged to create job<br />
placements for young people as part of a national<br />
initiative backed by <strong>St</strong> <strong>Helens</strong> Borough Council.<br />
The government’s Kickstart scheme provides funding<br />
to employers to create six-month job placements for 16<br />
to 24-year olds on Universal Credit at risk of long-term<br />
unemployment, with <strong>St</strong> <strong>Helens</strong> Borough Council’s Ways<br />
to Work team helping deliver the programme locally as a<br />
gateway organisation.<br />
The Government hopes that the scheme will give young<br />
people the chance to build their skills in the workplace,<br />
and gain experience that will improve their chances of<br />
going on to find long- term, sustainable work.<br />
For each placement, the government will fund salaries for<br />
25 hours per week, paid at the national minimum wage<br />
– as well as applicable national insurance and employer<br />
pension contributions. Any additional working hours will<br />
be paid by the employer.<br />
Commenting on the benefits of local businesses taking<br />
up the offer, Andrew Beresford, Delivery Coordinator<br />
for the council’s Ways to Work programme, which has<br />
supported hundreds of residents during the coronavirus<br />
pandemic, said:<br />
“The Kickstart scheme is a brilliant opportunity for<br />
businesses of all sizes looking for additional staff<br />
members to nurture young people so that they can<br />
develop the skills and experience required to find work<br />
after completing the scheme.<br />
“As a gateway organisation, we will assist businesses that<br />
register to the Kickstart scheme through us every step of<br />
the way with a full wrap-around support offer.<br />
“With more restrictions lifted, meaning businesses are<br />
now able to open again, initiatives like this are vital to the<br />
reset and recovery period as we look to build back better<br />
for this pandemic”.<br />
For more information about the support <strong>St</strong> <strong>Helens</strong><br />
Borough Council can offer, call 07872113654, email<br />
andrewberesford@sthelens.gov.uk or visit sthelens.gov.<br />
uk/waystowork<br />
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