Looking to recruit a local workforce?
Redcar and Cleveland boasts a skilled and loyal workforce that’s used to shift patterns and working hard.
We have particular skills strengths in engineering, process and energy, logistics, professional and business services and health related industries.
Below is a list of workforce related programmes your business may be able to access.
Tees Valley Apprenticeship Support Grant
The grant supports SME’s who create Apprenticeships in sectors facing high demand and growth from employers as identified in the Tees Valley Strategic Economic Plan.
The Priority Sectors being supported by the Grant are:
- Advanced Manufacturing
- Logistics
- Digital and Creative
- Construction
- Culture and Leisure
- Process, Chemical and Energy
- Health & Biologics
- Business and Professional Services
- Health Care
- Education
What Funding is Available?
One grant (per age group) is available to SME’s identified by Tees Valley Combined Authority as being in one of the above Priority Sectors.
- Apprentices aged 16 – 18 – a grant of £3,000 is available
- Apprentices aged 19+ – a grant of £2,000 is available.
For SMEs not identified as being in one of the Priority Sectors, there is a grant of £500 available for apprentices aged 19+.
For more information and guidance on how to apply, please click here.
Alternatively, contact the Business Engagement Team on:
T: +44 (0) 1642 444366
E: business@redcar-cleveland.gov.uk
Routes to Employment
Our award winning service provides hands on support, advice and guidance on recruitment and training. We work in partnership to deliver bespoke recruitment and workforce development to local businesses.
We have established a number of hubs across the borough to help local residents access employment opportunities and businesses or new investors to the area secure the right skills for their needs. Our hubs deliver a free of charge service to employers looking to recruit. This includes:
- facilities for recruitment events, job fairs, interviews
- publicising job opportunities
- an extensive CV database of highly skilled, semi-skilled and unskilled individuals
- CV sifting, shortlisting and selection process
- upskilling residents to meet employers skill needs
- Site Safety Passports, CSCS Cards and other accredited registration for local residents where appropriate
For further information contact our Routes to Employment Team on:
T: +44 (0) 1642 459035
Further and Higher Education Provision
The borough is well served by educational establishments across the Tees Valley which it lies within. There are 5 further education colleges specialising in engineering and construction, aerospace engineering, advanced manufacturing, logistics, oil and gas and the digital and creative sectors.
Cleveland College of Art & Design – https://northernart.ac.uk/
Hartlepool College of Further Education – https://www.hartlepoolfe.ac.uk/
Middlesbrough College – https://www.mbro.ac.uk/
Redcar & Cleveland College – https://www.cleveland.ac.uk/
Stockton Riverside College – https://www.stockton.ac.uk/
The borough also houses a specialist training college, the Technical Training Group which offers a range of accredited courses in Engineering, Process, Health & Safety, Management and NVQ Diploma’s. Further information available at: https://tte.co.uk/
The Tees Valley is home to two universities of national and international recognition, Teesside University and Durham University’s Queen Campus. Teesside University, which recently invested £250m into its facilities and was shortlisted for the Global Teaching Excellence Awards (GTEA), offers a wide portfolio with specialisms in technology, science and engineering alongside design, creativity and digital. Durham’s University’s Queens Campus offers specialist education in medicine and finance.
Teesside University – https://www.tees.ac.uk/
Durham University – https://www.dur.ac.uk/
There is also good access from Redcar and Cleveland to the following North East universities:
Leeds University – https://www.leeds.ac.uk/
Newcastle University – https://www.ncl.ac.uk/
York University – https://www.york.ac.uk/
Tees Valley Clore Leadership Programme
Working collaboratively with key organisations, cultural practitioners and networks across the region since the summer of 2022, Clore Leadership has developed a new strand of programming that responds to leadership and workforce development needs in the Tees Valley cultural sector. We will be supporting progression routes for arts and cultural leaders in each of the five local authorities, strengthening peer networks, driving cross-sector collaboration, diversifying the workforce and supporting cultural venues and freelancers.
The programme has two strands – connecting and learning. Through opportunities to connect and learn we will create space to explore what leadership means; and to develop some of the essential leadership skills we all need in our toolkits.
For information on their programmes and to apply, please visit their webpage here.