We can confirm that the incentive payments for employers who host a work experience placement, as part of a traineeships programme were extended until July 2022.
London Learning Consortiums is seeking employers who can offer placements in the following sectors:
- Childcare
- Warehousing
- Construction
- Digital Marketing
If you would like to discuss this further then please contact LLC to find out more by emailing:
traineeship.placements@londonlc.org.uk
Overview
A traineeship is a skills development programme that includes a work placement. It can last from 6 weeks up to 1 year (although most will last for less than 6 months).
Traineeships help 16 to 24 year olds – or 25 year olds with an education, health and care (EHC) plan – get ready for an apprenticeship or job if they don’t have the appropriate skills or experience.
Benefits to employers
A traineeship:
- is flexible, can be sector-focused and is funded by the government
- gives your current employees experience in training and mentoring
- allows you to design a programme that suits both the needs of your business and the needs of the trainee
- can help you increase capacity and productivity
- can help you develop a loyal and talented workforce
- allows you to help tackle youth unemployment
- is a route into an apprenticeship
- allows you to get to know and work with young people prior to recruiting apprentices
Employers who make new work placement opportunities available may also receive an incentive payment of £1000 per learner, for up to 10 learners. Ask LLC for more guidance on this new incentive.
Your responsibilities
When offering a traineeship work placement, you need to provide:
- safe, meaningful and high-quality work experience
- a minimum of 70 hours of work experience – but no more than 240 hours for benefit claimants – over the duration of the traineeship (maximum of one year) and as agreed with LLC.
- constructive feedback and advice to the trainee
- an interview for an apprenticeship or job in your business at the end of the traineeship if one is available.
- an exit interview at the end of the traineeship with meaningful written feedback if no job is available.
The traineeship is free to your business, but you may support trainees with expenses such as transport and meals.
Designing the programme
LLC will assess the needs of the trainee. Trainees may need pre-employment training before starting work experience.
Along with LLC you will then plan and agree:
- the days the trainee works
- how the programme will be delivered
Traineeships are flexible. You can adjust the programme as you go to make sure you and the trainee get the most out of it.
After the programme
You should:
- offer the trainee an interview at the end of the programme if a job or an apprenticeship is available in your business
- provide an exit interview with meaningful written feedback if no job or apprenticeship is available
Get started
If you would like to discuss this further then please contact LLC to find out by emailing:
traineeship.placements@londonlc.org.uk
Alternatively, you can fill in our contact form below and our Employer Engagement Team will contact you.
Get support
See guidance and resources on good work experience including:
- work experience placements that work guide from CIPD
- employer guides to work experience from UKCES
- employer case studies from Skills Training UK
- why they work videos from the Learning and Work Institute
- work experience quality standard accreditation from Fair Train
