International Recruitment 

GDPR compliance notice/privacy statement

IR East privacy notice

IRE Privacy notice – Norfolk

International Recruitment East (IRE) is a Government funded programme.

The programme funding is to support care providers in ethical and safe recruitment of international care staff, and refugees with a right to work, into ASC care positions across the East of England.

The programme is running throughout 2023-2024. The funding ceases on 31 March 2024.

The IRE Programme aims to improve adult social care provision across the East of England. The heart of the programme is to support care providers in the ethical recruitment of international care professionals. As part of this it also aims to ensure the safety, wellbeing and equipping of all internationally recruited ASC staff. This is necessary in order to ensure the very best quality of care for the people in the East who access ASC services.

International Recruitment East is supported by: 

• The twelve local authorities across the East of England
• Skills for Care
• The Association of Directors of Adult Social Services ( ADASS) East

 

Code of practice for the international recruitment of health and social care personnel in England – GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

Sponsor-Compliance-FAQ

For your information, please see below communications International Recruitment East have received from DHSC:

We are writing to inform you that following the Home Secretary’s announcement on 4th December, regarding changes to the immigration system, the estimated immigration impact assessments and a fact sheet to address FAQs have now been published. These documents set out estimates of the immigration impact of the package of measures and provide further details on the measures. These can be found at the following links:

Legal migration statement: estimated immigration impacts – GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

Fact sheet on net migration measures – further detail – GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

We encourage you to refer to these documents to address any potential concerns from providers and local authorities. We understand that there is some degree of uncertainty around certain aspects of the announcement, but please be assured we are working closely with colleagues in the Home Office to confirm the details, and we will provide more information as soon as possible.

International Recruitment East Monitoring & Evaluation Forum 18.01.24 Presentation

Useful links and Guidance;

• Guidance For International Workers in the Care Sector
• International recruitment toolkit
• Applying for health and social care jobs in the UK from abroad – GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
• International Recruitment East – Norfolk County Council
• Guidance for employers, recruits and refugees – Norfolk County Council
• support & guidance for Health & Social Care providers & international workers
• Appendix D: Keeping documents – guidance for sponsors
• Sponsor guidance part 2 sponsor a worker
• Workers and Temporary Workers: guidance for sponsors part 3: Sponsor duties and compliance
• International recruitment (skillsforcare.org.uk)
• Code of practice for the international recruitment of health and social care personnel in England – GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
• International Recruitment Toolkit | NHS Employers
• S afer recruitment (skillsforcare.org.uk)
• S afer recruitment checklist (Aug 22) (skillsforcare.org.uk)
• Pastoral Care Guide for International Recruitment in Social Care – National Care Forum
• How international recruitment can support the social care sector (skillsforcare.org.uk)
• How to get started using international recruitment to build your team (skillsforcare.org.uk)
• What to cover during induction for new social care staff (skillsforcare.org.uk)