ESSENTIAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS
You must:
- Discuss with CASE, prior to approval, various funding options which may be available to you, eg, Action Team Funding.
- Have written approval before starting the training course or any money is paid out on the training.
- Pay for your course yourself initially, and keep all your receipts and submit them as evidence of expenditure.
- Have been registered unemployed for 3 months at the date of course starting or be employed for less than 16 hours per week. (NB: Students undertaking full-time education are not classed as being unemployed)
The training must:
- Enhance your existing skills.
- Improve your chances of employment.
- Lead to a Vocational Qualification wherever possible.
Exclusions:
- Academic training – ie, NC, HNC, HND, Degrees, Access Training, Post Graduate Courses, Open University, Summer Schools, Community Education Courses, Night Classes and Automobile Driving Courses.
- Applications from any individual on Training For Work at the date of course starting.
- Re-certification,eg, Survival Training, HGV, PCV, Coding, if registered less than 6 months unemployed.
- Applications which do not contain a fee element.
- More than one re-test.
Reimbursement:
- Maximum £750 contribution per applicant per financial year.
- Must be claimed within 4 weeks of completion of training.
- Copy of certification must accompany final claim.
- Staged payments will be made for all certificated courses, with 66% of reimbursement being paid on submission of receipts and 34% being paid on submission of a copy of the certificate.
Reimbursement Rates:
- Registered unemployed – certificated course 75%
- Registered unemployed – uncertificated course 25%
- Part-time employed (< 16 hours), leading to full-time employment – certificated course 50%
- Part-time employed (< 16 hours), leading to full-time employment – uncertificated course 25%
- Part-time employed (< 16 hours ) no expected change in status – certificated course 30%
- Part-time employed (< 16 hours) no expected change in status – uncertificated course 25%
General:
- All CASE assistance is discretionary
- Every Application is assessed on its own individual merits
- CASE reserves the right to make eligibility enquiries from other Funding AgenciesThe names of all approved applicants will be published
Tracking Statement
CASE will contact all applicants on a regular basis, on completion of training, to determine the effectiveness if this programme on employability. This evaluation process will include contact with employers and / or Training Providers. |
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