Employer Benefit •
Free Apprenticeship Recruitment Service to the employer
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Higher Level Apprenticeships can help your company grow by developing a pipeline of motivated, skilled, qualified and professional staff.
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Higher Level Apprenticeships offer new workbased routes into professions which have traditionally been the preserve of graduates.
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A diverse workforce, school leavers complementing graduate intake.
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Selection and recruitment controlled by the employer – ability to enhance entry criteria.
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Potential membership of Programme Advisory Board to review and advise DfE on areas for improvement.
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Tuition and registration costs covered.
Role Of Employer •
As an employer you employ the apprentice from day 1 with a contract of employment – minimum of 21 hours per week (including directed training element).
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Directed training in college must be paid as part of the apprentices’ contracted hours of work. Study leave paid allowance is at the discretion of the employer.
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Programme duration is 2 years to 3 years depending on course.
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If your company is offering the HLA opportunity to an existing staff member the employer must provide evidence to support the transfer into new role.
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Apprentices’ wage should be commensurate with the industry rate for the job and in accordance with the national minimum wage https:// www.nidirect.gov.uk/articles/nationalminimum-wage.
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Insurance - The minimum level of cover for Employers’ Liability Insurance must be in line with the legal requirements under the Employers’ Liability (Defective Equipment & Compulsory Insurance) (Northern Ireland) Order 1972. The minimum level of cover is £5 million.
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If you are claiming financial support from any other Departmental budget or programme this funding cannot be used to pay the HLA apprentice wage.
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This HLA programme is subject to Audit by the DfE Inspection Team.
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HLA courses will run subject to viable numbers.
NOTE: (Mandatory from 2021) GDPR Data Sharing Agreement must be completed by each Employer in order to receive pool of Applicants. You will receive an invite to complete Data Sharing Agreement electronically.
This project is part funded through the Northern Ireland European Social Fund Programme 2014 – 2020 and the Department for the Economy
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