The Apprenticeship Service
What Is It And Why Do You Need It?
In order to recruit an apprentice, non-levy paying employers MUST have an Apprenticeship Service account. This allows employers to reserve government funds to cover the cost of the training, but also to apply for any recruitment incentives.
If you do not have an Apprenticeship Service account set up you are not able to employ an apprentice.
What You Need To Do To Work With Us
To work with Gateshead Council Learning and Skills you also must allow us permission to add cohorts of apprentices and to reserve funding. Recruitment cannot take place until employers have completed this. We have created a PowerPoint presentation which takes you through the steps of creating a new account, allowing us permission to add and reserve funding for apprentices and how to reserve funding yourself which you can download using the link below.
Creating an Apprenticeship Service account and connecting with us
Make sure to follow the steps carefully, or your account won't be setup correctly.
What happens once it's completed?
Once you have completed all of the tasks we will get notification by email and we can begin the recruitment process. If one of your employees is to undertake apprenticeship training you must also follow this process before the training can start.
Help With Your Incentives
If you have recruited an apprentice then you MUST claim the incentive through your Apprenticeship Service account. You can only do this once the apprentice is live on your account. You have a limited time to claim the incentive so we recommend you do this as soon as possible. You can download a presentation demonstrating how to claim your incentives below.
N.B. We do not have permissions or access to assist with any queries regarding claiming government incentives. For these queries use the contact information below:
For more information contact the web support - https://help.apprenticeships.education.gov.uk/hc/en-gb
Scroll down and click ‘speak to an adviser now’ under Webchat. Please note Gateshead Council are unable to assist you with queries about the Apprenticeship Service and setting up your account.