Care Alliance for Workforce Development Funding and Other Resources

Fund Name

What can I use this funding for?

How much funding can I access?

How can I access this funding?

Train to Gain

· Skills for Life

· NVQ Level 2

· Some NVQ Level 3

· Some NVQ Level 4

· Apprenticeships

NB. Eligibility criteria apply to this funding

This depends on the size of your organisation, and the qualification being undertaken. However, you can access up to £1000 per NVQ.

Contact the Train to Gain service on:

skillspartners@businesslinkyorkshire.co.uk

Telephone

01226 738 028.

Skills for Care

Training Strategy Implementation (TSI)

· All Health and Social Care NVQs

· Leadership and Management NVQs

· Completed Common Induction Standards (including Learning Disability Induction Award)

· Manager Induction Standards

· Assessor, Verifier and Mentorship units

· Accredited First Aid, Moving and Handling, Food Hygiene and ESOL for work qualifications

· Co-funding – TSI can be used alongside other funds.

NB. No eligibility criteria applies for social care employers. However, the number of units is limited by the funding available

Up to £80 per NVQ unit / Induction unit

Before accessing this funding you must have updated your National Minimum Data Set for Social Care (NMDS-SC) since April 1^st 2010, and have completed 90% of your worker records. You must also join a TSI partnership.

Contact:

Hazel Bellamy (Craven Care Consortium TSI Partnership)

hbellamy@craven-college.ac.uk

01756 793 370

Jan Newton (Wilf Ward Family Trust TSI Partnership)

j.Newton@wilfward.org.uk

01751 474 740

Click here for more informtion from the Skills for Care Website

Train to Gain Enhancement Fund

This will support other types of training not covered by Train to Gain such as:

· Dementia

· Appraisal

· Management of challenging behaviour

· Medication

Employers can make a Single Business Application up to £33,000 (supported by training provider of your choice). This fund supports 60% of the cost of accredited training – you would have to meet the other 40% of the training cost (TSI funding could support this – see below).

Application forms can be found at www.enhancementfund.co.uk

or contact Business Link on 0845 600 9006.

Care Sector Skills from Higher York

(the partnership of four Higher Education Institutions in York and North Yorkshire)

· Accredited, non-accredited and bespoke Level 4 and Level 5 training.

Subsidies are available to independent sector / third sector organisations through ECIF funding (Economic Contribution Investment Fund). The contribution is 60% of the cost, with a 40% contribution to be made from the employer.