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Social Care: Recruiting an overseas Care Worker under Points Based System

Social Care: Recruiting an overseas Care Worker under Points Based System

By Home Office

Date and time

Tue, 25 Jan 2022 07:30 - 09:30 PST

Location

Online

About this event

On 24th December, the Government announced social care workers, care assistants and home care workers will become eligible for the Health and Care Visa. This is in addition to senior care workers and registered managers who are already included in the list of eligible roles for the Health and Care visa.

Please join officials from the Home Office's Engagement and Policy teams, the Department of Health and Social Care and representatives from Skills for Care and the social care sector for a 90 minute webinar providing an overview of the points-based immigration system for the Social Care sector and what the recent announcement means for international recruitment, how to ensure ethical international recruitment and examples of best practice from the social care sector

The session will also include updates on the following:

• Skilled Worker visa/Health and Care visa

• Recruiting an overseas care worker from mid-February 2022

• How to become a Home Office sponsor

• Right to Work checks

• Support available

•The Code of Practice for International Recruitment

• Q&A

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