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This commitment is part of the Post School Education and Skills Reform Programme which we are developing in close collaboration with Skills Development Scotland and the Scottish Funding Council, amongst other key partners.
2020-21. The FlexibleworkforceDevelopmentFund is now open to all employers, with up to £15,000 per year available for UK Government Apprenticeship Levy payers and £5,000 for SMEs to support workforcedevelopment supporting business growth.
We are already delivering a range of support, including through the Individual Training Accounts and the FlexibleWorkforceDevelopmentFund. Scottish Ministers, special advisers and the Permanent Secretary are covered by the terms of t...
Therefore, unless Fair Work is addressed as a funding and commissioning issue as part of wider scale sector reform, it won’t achieve the fundamental shift in workforce value.
A Workforce Improvement Plan was developed to address the recruitment and retention challenges facing the Social Work profession which include, developing national workforce planning.
Building on this action, we are funding Scotland’s first Flexible Working Summit to showcase employers who successfully adopted flexible working in sectors where flexibility is harder to embed.
Future modelling SFC is currently undertaking its modelling for allocations for AY 2024-25. In considering how funding will be allocated Ministers have already announced that the FlexibleWorkforceDevelopmentFund won’t run in 2024-25.
Future modelling SFC is currently undertaking its modelling for allocations for AY 2024-25. In considering how funding will be allocated Ministers have already announced that the FlexibleWorkforceDevelopmentFund won’t run in 2024-25.