Skills for Care Training Strategy Implementation Funding 2007 -2008 (England Only)

We regret that there is no comparable funding by Skills for Care’s equivalent bodies in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

Training funds still available

UKHCA still has training funds available supplied by Skills for Care to assist you with your induction and NVQ training. Funding available is £70 per completed employee induction and £70 per completed NVQ unit. Last year one employer successfully claimed over £51,000, a major contribution to the development of their workforce.

The funding is available on a strictly first come first served bases and employers must meet the following criteria:

• Be in full, current membership of UKHCA
• Complete our partnership and workforce plans, copies of which are available from Ailsa Blair on 020 8288 1553 or ailsa.blair@ukhca.co.uk
• *Have completed their National Minimum Data Set- Social Care (NMDS-SC) organization questionnaire.

* Skills for Care will not fund any claims from those organisations that have not completed the questionnaire and received a unique reference code. If your organisation has not completed this questionnaire it can be downloaded from Skills for Care website www.skillsforcare.org.uk. The unique reference code can be obtained from Skills, Research and Intelligence unit 0113 241 1290.

If you have any questions please consult our FAQ in the member section of the web site, where a “Check list for completing the Partnership & Workforce Forms” is available or contact either Ailsa Blair on 020 8288 1553 or ailsa.blair@ukhca.co.uk or Sharon Hutton 020 8288 1716 sharon.hutton@ukhca.co.uk