- 21 Sep 2024
- By Sumit Agarwal
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Do you want to give your business a boost at zero expense? Your business hires a young person aged between 16 and 24 and the government 100% funds the placement. Kickstart candidates include talented, driven graduates with skills and ideas worth nurturing. DNS’s DWP-approved Kickstart Gateway scheme looks after the whole process on your behalf and delivers training for your new recruits.
Our mission is to aid young people aged between 16 and 24 facing long-term unemployment because of COVID-19. That’s why we have pledged to get 1,000 Kickstarters signed up by the end of 2021, and we have already successfully submitted over 300 applications to DWP.
DWP-approved Kickstart Gateway
No Costs to employer
End-to-end solution
Recruitment and training support
Strong relationship with DWP
15+ years of experience working with small businesses
To find out about our employer representative services, please get in touch!
Initial discussion with our team to discuss your requirements.
We will review KYC and send an engagement contract for you to sign.
We will contact you to gather the relevant information about the roles.
We will submit the application to DWP. It takes 3-4 weeks usually to get an approval from DWP.
We send you DWP Grant Agreement letter for signing.
We send job description to DWP for adverting on their portal.
Our Recruitment Manager will interview the candidate and provide feedback to you. You can choose one of the candidates.
We will inform the DWP as soon as the candidates start working.
First wage grant will be paid in 6 weeks and then monthly grants every 4 weeks until the end of placement.
We will provide employability support and training to the candidate throughout the placement period. This will be in form of by-weekly sessions and one-on-one sessions with recruitment manager during the placement period.
As part of our service, at no cost to you, we provide comprehensive employability support and training and development to prepare the young people joining your organisation. This includes regular sessions and one-on-one sessions with our HR/recruitment experts. This is all part of our support and obligation to you as a DWP-approved Kickstart gateway.
Regular session on business soft-skills delivered by industry experts
Support to young candidate via CV review, mock interviews by our experts.
Mentoring each young person throughout the placement period as necessary.
The scheme is fully funded by the government.
The grant provides £1500 per candidate to cover admin, recruitment, training and set up expenses. We provide end-to-end solution covering recruitment, admin, compliance, DWP communications, employability training and grant disbursement. Our fee will be covered by DWP grant.
The grant also covers national minimum wages for 25 hours per week for 6 months. The govt also covers associated NI and pension contributions.
This is an excellent and unique opportunity to hire talent youth in the country at no cost to the business.
We are a DWP-approved Kickstart Gateway, so we can fast-track your application and give it the best chance of success. We communicate with DWP on your behalf, act as a bridge between you and the government, liase with their requirements, submit your application, prepare job descriptions, interview candidates, provide employability support to them, etc.
COVID has caused mass unemployment, with the 16–24-year-old age category hit the hardest. Anyone in this age group, on Universal Credit, who is unemployed is eligible to apply under the Kickstart scheme. Thus there is a huge pool of high-quality candidates who currently find themselves unemployed and your business can benefit enormously at zero cost.
See the terms of the scheme here: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/kickstart-scheme
The government funds the whole scheme. The pension, national insurance and wages contributions are all covered by government rebates.
Employers of all sizes can apply in any sector.
No, but the roles should not replace or affect the existing or the planned ones.
It takes around 6-8 weeks but process is now getting more efficient.
The employer can apply for another Kickstart candidate and this second placement will be for another 6 months duration. There will be no clawback of the monies allocated in respect of the first Kickstart placement, but no further PAYE payments will be made.
DNS will act as the representatives for the employer and claim on their behalf. We will receive the funding and disburse to them.
There is no min requirement for that.
This is not guaranteed. But you can always refer the candidate.
First £1,500 grant will be disbursed within a week of candidate joining. Salary grant will be disbursed each month after DWP gets confirmation of Payroll from HMRC.
I recently starteed my own company and in need of a good accountant. With my friends reference, I started DNS accountancy services and I am a quite satisfied with their service. My account manager Sneha Gurudutta was always responsive and guided me a lot especially during my company early days. Keep u the good work.
I have been DNS for the last 3 months and I am very happy with the service. My account manager Sneha Gurudutta guided me and helped me with all the major/minor steps with the account setup. The weekend support they provide is really helpful. I would definitely recommend DNS to all my friends.
Unfortunately my son passed away without leaving any contact name of his accountant. I was able to make contact with the firm through HMRC. The staff were very prompt, caring and supportive in settling his income tax account. I was extremely impressed with the efficient caring and supportive service received from all of DNS staff.
Been with DNS Accountants for more than a year I would highly recommened their services. My account manager Sneha has been very helpful and helped with accounts and queries swiftly always! Having a good accountant means you can fully focus on your business, not worry about accounts and tax matters. Thank you DNS :-)
I have been extremely satisfied with the service I have been receiving close to past 1 year. Very professional, transparent and helpful. Special mention of my Account Manager Minakshi Arora who made my transition very smooth and always ready to go that extra mile to support and make customer happy. Definitely recommended.
I've recently set up a Ltd. Company and signed up with DNS for my accounting services. I've found it very good value for money and hugely helpful in terms of advice and guidance. I have a named Account Manager, Sneha Gurudutta, who keeps in contact with me and offers advice on line and on the phone... I'm really pleased with the service.
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