We’re really excited to share that Haven have been officially approved by the Department for Work & Pensions (DWP) as a Kickstart provider. Following an in-depth tender process, we have been awarded a total of 795 placements, with Haven having 508 of these across the Parks and Hemel teams.

Kickstart is a brilliant Government scheme which provides funding to companies to create new job placements for 16 to 24-year olds on Universal Credit who are at risk of long-term unemployment.

As part of our tender process, we made a commitment to the DWP to provide the following:

• The offer of a 6-month placement
• A minimum of 25 hours per week
• The creation of brand-new additional roles, that have come about due to the changing landscape across the UK and the pandemic
• Complete wraparound care – to do this we have partnered with training provider, Lifetime who run our apprenticeships programmes. They will run a 6-month training programme to help these team gain valuable employability skills for the future

It’s being run by the DWP, so your local Jobcentre will be able to run you through the specific criteria, and help you find out whether or not you’re eligible.

To apply for this role please get in contact with your DWP / Universal Credit work coach and inform them that you want to be put forward for this opportunity.