For your business to qualify for the Recruitment Incentive Grant: 

• the employer should be a small to medium sized enterprise based in East Ayrshire
• employers must hold employee liability insurance
• the employee must be 25 years and over (excluding the Modern Apprentice (MA) programme) currently not in employment, education or training
• the employee must fall into one or more of these participants categories:
  • above 54 years of age
  • armed forces veteran
  • asylum seekers
  • care experienced/care leaver
  • criminal convictions
  • disability
  • employed status affected by coronavirus (COVID-19)
  • from employment deprived area (SIMD)
  • homeless or affected by housing exclusion
  • living in a jobless household
  • long term unemployed
  • long term physical illness / condition
  • low income employed
  • low skilled
  • material deprivation
  • mental health issues
  • migrant with a foreign background
  • no or limited work experience
  • primary carer of an older person
  • refugee
  • rural
  • substance related conditions
  • under 25 years of age (relates to MA only)
  • underemployed