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Financing adult learning database

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Skills for Care Workforce Development Fund

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Name of the instrument - Local language
Skills for Care Workforce Development Fund
Name of the instrument - English translation
Skills for Care Workforce Development Fund
Scheme ID
223
Country
United Kingdom
Reporting year
2020
Type of instrument
Grant for companies
Sub-type of instrument
Support for direct costs
Type of entry
Single instrument
Short description

The Department for Health provides funding for employers in the care sector to up-skill their staff. Employers may apply for funding for training programmes that range from health and social care 'license to practice' qualifications to higher-level apprenticeships and Master's courses. Funding is available for course fees (or employer contributions) and associated costs such as employees' salaries while they are undertaking training, coaching and mentoring costs, venue costs for the training, and wage replacement costs. All costs must be incurred before being claimed and employers will need records in place to provide evidence. Organisations apply for the fund through a Partnership and must be operating in England, comply with Adult Social Care Workforce Data Set requirements. The sectors eligible for funding (i.e. priority training areas for fundings) are defined each annual funding cycle and available through the skills for care website. This is de minimis grant funding.

Short description of the related instruments
Not applicable
Level of operation
Sectoral
Name of a part of the country
Not applicable
Name of the region (for regional instruments)
Not applicable
Relevance
Further instrument
Legal basis
Not applicable
Objective(s) and target(s)
To support the on-going professional development of staff across the adult social care sector.
Year of implementation
2011
Operation/management
The Workforce Development Fund (WDF) is a funding opportunity for adult social care employers in England. It is a finite pot of money which allows employers to reclaim some of the costs incurred through the achievement of qualification units by their workforce. Funding is disbursed by Skills for Care (Sector Skills Council for the social care sector) which is received from the Department of Health.
Eligible group(s)
Employees in the social care sector
Group(s) with preferential treatment
Certain groups are prioritised annually based on the key sector priorities, in 2021 funding is provided to support new managers, existing managers, deputies and aspiring managers and apprenticeships.
Education and training eligible
Training focused on workforce development and on training which gains units and qualifications from the Qualifications and Credit Framework
Source of financing and collection mechanism
State (Department of Health)
Financing formula and allocation mechanisms
The Workforce Development Fund provides funding based on the credit size of each qualification unit. GBP 15 is funded for each qualification unit. Funding is provided through Skills for Care, following application from employers.
Eligible costs
Specific arrangement
Volumes of funding
Not available
Beneficiaries/take up
Not available
Organisation responsible for monitoring/evaluation
Skills for Care.
Most relevant webpage - in English
http://www.skillsforcare.org.uk/Document-library/NMDS-SC,-workforce-int…
Most relevant webpage - local language
http://www.skillsforcare.org.uk/Document-library/NMDS-SC,-workforce-int…
Recent changes

No recent amendment

Recent changes in response to COVID-19

The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) is supporting the sector through funding rapid induction for newly recruited workers, volunteers' induction and essential refresher training for existing staff. The training is delivered by twelve endorsed providers and funded through the WDF.

Sources
http://www.brooklands.ac.uk/docs/Employer_fact_sheet_WDF_2013-14_%28Apr…
http://www.skillsforcare.org.uk/Document-library/Funding/WDF-15---16/FA…
http://www.skillsforcare.org.uk/Document-library/NMDS-SC,-workforce-int…
https://www.skillsforcare.org.uk/Documents/About/Evaluating-our-impact/…
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