Our recruitment service
Find staff for free
Smart Training's recruitment service means we can help you find just the right person to fill any vacancy you might have - and it won't cost you a penny!
If you're looking for unqualified or qualified staff you can take advantage of the free recruitment service launched to match you up with potential new employees.
It's free to learners and employers on condition that once you've employed your new team member they enroll on one of Smart Training's free* courses.
We have a host of excellent candidates looking for childcare roles, many of whom have carried out unpaid work experience so can demonstrate solid, practical skills to back up their knowledge. So don't delay and call us today to find your perfect Apprentice.
*Smart Training offers free or subsidised training courses for eligible learners who are employed for more than 30 hours a week, have lived in the UK or European Union for the last three years and don't hold a UK-recognised degree. Training is free for 16-18 year olds but, due to decreasing Government budgets, the Skills Funding Agency asks employers to pay half the cost of training for older learners .Smart Training can help
towards these costs so the Employers' Contribution for those aged 19-24 is just £250 plus VAT and £500 plus VAT for over 25s.
Terms & Conditions
Smart Training Apprenticeships training works alongside your own in-house training to ensure learners are supported and trained to the highest level. Training is delivered at a centre local to you on either one Saturday per month, one day per week** or online via our own Online Training Academy.
As well as being responsible for paying their wages, you will also need to give your Apprentice a contract of employment and provide an induction into their role, a work-based mentor and on-the-job training.
Once learners have signed on a training course, employers receive the support of one of our team of Training Managers who will be on hand to offer advice where needed and encourage and support your Apprentice. They will work with you to:
- Explain the way Apprenticeships can work for you and if funding is available
- Agree a training plan with your Apprentice
- Manage training and evaluation
- Ensure national quality standards are met and integrated and coherent training is delivered
- Recruit an Apprentice or support your existing staff into Apprenticeship
National Minimum Wage
The Apprentice minimum wage is £2.50 per hour and applies to time working, plus time spent training as part of the Apprenticeship. This wage applies to all apprentices in the first year of their Apprenticeship only and apprentices must be in training from the start of their employment. Many employers chose to pay above this minimum wage . To be classed as an Apprentice, learners must be in training from the beginning of their Apprenticeship.
**Only available in certain areas