Common use of Funded Activities Clause in Contracts

Funded Activities. The Grant Recipient and the Employers will use the Grant funding to provide six months of employment for Participants, including support to Participants in developing work skills and finding future employment. The activities funded with the Grant are described more fully below: x. Xxxxx funding will help the Grant Recipient to carry out the following activities as a Kickstart gateway: • gathering information from Employers about the Kickstart Scheme jobs they provide; • passing on information about these jobs to work coaches so that the right young people are referred; • passing on to the Employers the relevant payments made by DWP for set-up costs and wage-related costs; • sharing its expertise with Employers to help them onboard and offer employability support to Participants; • providing help directly to Participants to find work after completing the scheme; • ensuring that the funding payments claimed by Employers in respect of the Participants they employ are valid and accurately represent costs which have been properly incurred in employing the relevant Participants and providing the Funded Activities; and • recovering the value of any funding payments wrongly paid to Employers due to a failure to deliver the Funded Activities. b. The employment opportunities created with the funding will be equivalent to jobs not funded by the Kickstart Scheme. The jobs will have the same expectation on the employee to improve and develop. The jobs should enable the employee to build up skills that will lead to sustainable employment and should be paid at the normal rate for similar jobs and with the same frequency (see note 6 below). c. The Grant funding will be used by the Grant Recipient and Employers to provide new jobs. The jobs must not: • replace existing or planned vacancies; or • cause existing employees, workers, apprentices or contractors to lose work or reduce their working hours. d. All Kickstart Scheme jobs must be accompanied by a written job description, setting out the purpose, start date and responsibilities of the position. e. All employment opportunities supported by the Grant funding must: • provide regular, meaningful work for the Participant, for a minimum of 25 hours per week on average each month, for six months (see note 5 below); and • pay at least the National Minimum Wage/National Living Wage (as applicable) for the Participant’s age group, national insurance and minimum automatic enrolment contributions. The Grant Recipient or Employer (as applicable) must make the required employer national insurance contributions for Participants and comply with its employer automatic enrolment duties with respect to Kickstart Scheme Participants. The Grant Recipient or Employer (as applicable) must meet its statutory duties in relation to employment rights and employer responsibilities in the workplace (for example, for health, safety and welfare) for all Kickstart Scheme Participants. f. Employment opportunities should not require Participants to undertake extensive training (either classroom or online) before they begin the job or at any point during the six months. For example, if a significant part of the job involves completing a training course or watching training videos, this would not constitute meaningful work or be equivalent to a job not funded by the Kickstart Scheme. g. The Grant Recipient and the Employers will use the Grant to provide employability support to Participants and help Participants to develop work skills. • Employability support includes on-the-job training, work search support, transferrable skills development, mentoring, careers advice and other related support to help the Participants find sustained employment after they have completed their Kickstart Scheme jobs. • Helping Participants to develop and build work skills includes developing attendance management, timekeeping, teamwork and communication skills as appropriate. h. The funding should be used by the Grant Recipient or Employer (as applicable) to have regular (at least monthly) reviews with Participants to discuss performance in the role and areas for improvement.

Funded Activities. The Grant Recipient and the Employers will use the Grant funding to provide six months of employment for Participants, including support to Participants in developing work skills and finding future employment. The activities funded with the Grant are described more fully below: x. Xxxxx funding will help the Grant Recipient to carry out the following activities as a Kickstart gateway: •  gathering information from Employers about the Kickstart Scheme jobs they provide; •  passing on information about these jobs to work coaches so that the right young people are referred; •  passing on to the Employers the relevant payments made by DWP for set-up costs and wage-related costs; •  sharing its expertise with Employers to help them onboard and offer employability support to Participants; •  providing help directly to Participants to find work after completing the scheme; •  ensuring that the funding payments claimed by Employers in respect of the Participants they employ are valid and accurately represent costs which have been properly incurred in employing the relevant Participants and providing the Funded Activities; and •  recovering the value of any funding payments wrongly paid to Employers due to a failure to deliver the Funded Activities. b. The employment opportunities created with the funding will be equivalent to jobs not funded by the Kickstart Scheme. The jobs will have the same expectation on the employee to improve and develop. The jobs should enable the employee to build up skills that will lead to sustainable employment and should be paid at the normal rate for similar jobs and with the same frequency (see note 6 below). c. The Grant funding will be used by the Grant Recipient and Employers to provide new jobs. The jobs must not: •  replace existing or planned vacancies; or •  cause existing employees, workers, apprentices or contractors to lose work or reduce their working hours. d. All Kickstart Scheme jobs must be accompanied by a written job description, setting out the purpose, start date and responsibilities of the position. e. All employment opportunities supported by the Grant funding must: •  provide regular, meaningful work for the Participant, for a minimum of 25 hours per week on average each month, for six months (see note 5 below); and •  pay at least the National Minimum Wage/National Living Wage (as applicable) for the Participant’s age group, national insurance and minimum automatic enrolment contributions. The Grant Recipient or Employer (as applicable) must make the required employer national insurance contributions for Participants and comply with its employer automatic enrolment duties with respect to Kickstart Scheme Participants. The Grant Recipient or Employer (as applicable) must meet its statutory duties in relation to employment rights and employer responsibilities in the workplace (for example, for health, safety and welfare) for all Kickstart Scheme Participants. f. Employment opportunities should not require Participants to undertake extensive training (either classroom or online) before they begin the job or at any point during the six months. For example, if a significant part of the job involves completing a training course or watching training videos, this would not constitute meaningful work or be equivalent to a job not funded by the Kickstart Scheme. g. The Grant Recipient and the Employers will use the Grant to provide employability support to Participants and help Participants to develop work skills. •  Employability support includes on-the-job training, work search support, transferrable skills development, mentoring, careers advice and other related support to help the Participants find sustained employment after they have completed their Kickstart Scheme jobs. •  Helping Participants to develop and build work skills includes developing attendance management, timekeeping, teamwork and communication skills as appropriate. h. The funding should be used by the Grant Recipient or Employer (as applicable) to have regular (at least monthly) reviews with Participants to discuss performance in the role and areas for improvement.

Funded Activities. The Grant Recipient and the Employers will use the Grant funding to provide six months of employment for Participants, including support to Participants in developing work skills and finding future employment. The activities funded with the Grant are described more fully below: x. Xxxxx funding will help the Grant Recipient to carry out the following activities as a Kickstart gatewayScheme Gateway: • gathering information from Employers about the Kickstart Scheme jobs they provide; • passing on information about these jobs to work coaches so that the right young people are referred; • passing on to the Employers the relevant payments made by DWP for set-up costs and wage-related costs; • sharing its expertise with Employers to help them onboard and offer employability support to Participants; • providing help directly to Participants to find work after completing the scheme; • ensuring that the funding payments claimed by Employers in respect of the Participants they employ are valid and accurately represent costs which have been properly incurred in employing the relevant Participants and providing the Funded Activities; and • recovering the value of any funding payments wrongly paid to Employers due to a failure to deliver the Funded Activities. b. The employment opportunities created with the funding will be equivalent to jobs not funded by the Kickstart Scheme. The jobs will have the same expectation on the employee to improve and develop. The jobs should enable the employee to build up skills that will lead to sustainable employment and should be paid at the normal rate for similar jobs and with the same frequency (see note 6 below)frequency. c. The Grant funding will be used by the Grant Recipient and Employers to provide new jobs. The jobs must not: • replace existing or planned vacancies; or • cause existing employees, workers, apprentices or contractors to lose work or reduce their working hours. d. All Kickstart Scheme jobs must be accompanied by a written job description, setting out the purpose, start date and responsibilities of the position. e. All employment opportunities supported by the Grant funding must: • provide regular, meaningful regular work for the Participant, for a minimum of 25 hours per week on average each month, for six months (see note 5 below)months; and • pay at least the National Minimum Wage/National Living Wage (as applicable) for the Participant’s age group, national insurance and minimum automatic enrolment contributions. The Grant Recipient or Employer (as applicable) must make the required employer national insurance contributions for Participants and comply with its employer automatic enrolment duties with respect to Kickstart Scheme Participants. The Grant Recipient or Employer (as applicable) must meet its ensure it meets the required statutory duties in relation to employment rights and employer responsibilities in the workplace (for example, for covering health, safety and welfare) welfare for all Kickstart Scheme Participants. f. Employment opportunities should not require Participants to undertake extensive training (either classroom or online) before they begin the job or at any point during the six months. For example, if a significant part of the job involves completing a training course or watching training videos, this would not constitute meaningful work or be equivalent to a job not funded by the Kickstart Schemejob. g. The Grant Recipient and the Employers will use the Grant to provide employability support to Participants and help Participants to develop work skills. • Employability support includes on-the-job training, work search support, transferrable skills development, mentoring, careers advice and other related support to help the Participants find sustained employment after they have completed their Kickstart Scheme jobs. • Helping Participants to develop and build work skills includes developing attendance management, timekeeping, teamwork and communication skills as appropriate. h. The funding should be used by the Grant Recipient or Employer (as applicable) to have regular (at least monthly) reviews with Participants to discuss performance in the role and areas for improvement.

Funded Activities. The Grant Recipient and the Employers will use the Grant funding to provide six months of employment for Participants, including support to Participants in developing work skills and finding future employment. The activities funded with the Grant are described more fully below: x. Xxxxx funding will help the Grant Recipient to carry out the following activities as a Kickstart gatewayScheme Gateway: • gathering information from Employers about the Kickstart Scheme jobs they provide; • passing on information about these jobs to work coaches so that the right young people are referred; • passing on to the Employers the relevant payments made by DWP for set-up costs and wage-related costs; • sharing its expertise with Employers to help them onboard and offer employability support to Participants; • providing help directly to Participants to find work after completing the scheme; • ensuring that the funding payments claimed by Employers in respect of the Participants they employ are valid and accurately represent costs which have been properly incurred in employing the relevant Participants and providing the Funded Activities; and • recovering the value of any funding payments wrongly paid to Employers due to a failure to deliver the Funded Activities. b. The employment opportunities created with the funding will be equivalent to jobs not funded by the Kickstart Scheme. The jobs will have the same expectation on the employee to improve and develop. The jobs should enable the employee to build up skills that will lead to sustainable employment and should be paid at the normal rate for similar jobs and with the same frequency (see note 6 below)frequency. c. The Grant funding will be used by the Grant Recipient and Employers to provide new jobs. The jobs must not: • replace existing or planned vacancies; or • cause existing employees, workers, apprentices or contractors to lose work or reduce their working hours. d. All Kickstart Scheme jobs must be accompanied by a written job description, setting out the purpose, start date and responsibilities of the position. e. All employment opportunities supported by the Grant funding must: • provide regular, meaningful work for the Participant, be for a minimum of 25 hours per week on average each monthweek, for six months (see note 5 below)months; and • pay at least the National Minimum Wage/National Living Wage (as applicable) for the Participant’s age group, national insurance and minimum automatic enrolment contributions. The Grant Recipient or Employer (as applicable) must make the required employer national insurance contributions for Participants and comply with its employer automatic enrolment duties with respect to Kickstart Scheme Participants. The Grant Recipient or Employer (as applicable) must meet its statutory duties in relation to employment rights and employer responsibilities in the workplace (for example, for health, safety and welfare) for all Kickstart Scheme Participants.and f. Employment opportunities should not require Participants to undertake extensive training (either classroom or online) before they begin the job or at any point during the six months. For example, if a significant part of the job involves completing a training course or watching training videos, this would not constitute meaningful work or be equivalent to a job not funded by the Kickstart Schemejob. g. The Grant Recipient and the Employers will use the Grant to provide employability support to Participants and help Participants to develop work skills. • Employability support includes on-the-job training, work search support, transferrable skills development, mentoring, careers advice and other related support to help the Participants find sustained employment after they have completed their Kickstart Scheme jobs. • Helping Participants to develop and build work skills includes developing attendance management, timekeeping, teamwork and communication skills as appropriate. h. The funding should be used by the Grant Recipient or Employer (as applicable) to have regular (at least monthly) reviews with Participants to discuss performance in the role and areas for improvement.