Understanding the impact of changes to the UK Health and Care Visa System on the adult social care workforce in England, Phase 1: The Visa Study, presents an insight into the experiences behind these figures, focusing on key stakeholder groups: internationally recruited workers, diverse care providers across England, legal/recruitment agencies and sector skills experts.
The report studied 74 people between Spring 2022 and Spring 2023. It found important things about hiring people from other countries for jobs in the UK, especially in the care sector. Here are some key points:
- Why Care Providers Hire from Other Countries:
- What makes care companies decide to hire workers from abroad, and why those workers choose to move to the UK for jobs.
- How Hiring from Other Countries Happens:
- The ways care companies and job seekers from other countries find each other and go through the process of coming to work in the UK.
- Meeting Visa Requirements:
- How care companies and job seekers follow the rules set by the Home Office/UK Visa and Immigration to work in the UK.
- Information and Support Needed:
- The kind of help and money spent to hire workers from other countries and follow immigration rules.
- Ethical Practices:
- Making sure everyone follows a set of rules (Code of Practice) to do things fairly.
- Support for New Workers:
- How well new workers from other countries are taken care of when they start working in the UK.
- Preventing Bad Situations:
- Protecting both the care companies and the workers from any problems that might happen during the hiring process.
- Effects on Home Care and People Already in the UK:
- How this hiring from other countries affects care provided at home, people depending on it, and those who already work in the UK in healthcare jobs.