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Funding available for adult social care employers in Essex, Southend, and Thurrock to reclaim costs incurred through staff completing social care learning. Funding is claimed after the training is completed. Eligibility criteria and evidence required. Contact details provided.
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WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT FUNDING 2019.20 Julie Ripper Essex Care Association July 2019
What is Workforce Development Funding • Funding for adult social care employers in Essex, Southend and Thurrock available from ECTP • Reclaim costs incurred through staff completing social care learning • Funding from the Department of Health & Social Care and disbursed by Skills for Care • Training must have been completed between 01.01.19 and 31.03.20 • Funding is claimed after the training is completed • Direct costs of training or wage replacement costs, coaching and mentoring costs, external venue costs for training.
What qualifications can I claim? • List of funded qualifications and learning programmes on Skills for Care website • https://www.skillsforcare.org.uk/Documents/Learning-and-development/Funding/Workforce-Development-Fund/2019-20/WDF-funded-qualifications-and-learning-programmes-2019-20.pdf • RQF level 2(£600), 3(£800) and 4 (£1,050) • QCF level 5 – only this year (£1500) no more level 2 or 3 QCF • Enhanced funding per learner for adult care worker and lead worker apprenticeship standards • Funding for end point assessment of apprenticeship standard
Contd. • Additional support for registered managers and service managers for completion of leadership and management qualifications and learning programmes. • New CPD programmes being developed and available from October 2019 including Culture, Managing Self, and Performance Management • Lead to Succeed (5 day course) £500 • Well Led (4/5 day course) £500 • Employers can only claim the advertised WDF contribution per qualification and must maintain records to evidence the costs of funding claims made
Eligibility • Must be adult social care provider • Completion of ASC-WDS Adult Social Care Workforce Data Set (former NMDS.SC) post 1st April 2019 • Learning must have been completed between 1st January 2019 and 31st March 2020
What evidence is required? • A copy of the learner’s certificate which includes the advertised criteria and which has been issued between 01.01.19 and 31.03.20 • Completion of a single sheet accompanying form – Employers Claim Submission Form • Payment is dependent upon confirmation of eligibility and evidence by Skills for Care
CONTACT DETAILS • Contact ectp@essexcare.org.uk to join our database and register your organisation or telephone 01268 565551 • If you are already registered with ECTP we will shortly be sending our our new claims pack • In the mean time ensure your organization is fully updated on ASC.WDS https://www.nmds-sc-online.org.uk