HealthCare Agency Recruitments (For UK HomeCare Employer’s)
Healthcare Agency Recruitment: Homecare Employers in the UK Find Staff from Overseas.
Why Recruit Overseas Healthcare Workers?
Demand for health care professional staff in the UK is at its peak time. With high staff turnover and with an almost negligible local workforce. Many home care employers in many places are now focusing on oversea recruitment. Recruitment of nurses and HCAs from abroad can enable employers to benefit in several ways.
- Commitment and Retention: Recruits from oversea tend to be more dedicated because relocating to work in the UK involves personal commitment. Therefore, their retention tends to be for a relatively longer period than that of local staff, who tend to be retained in their job positions.
- Skilled Workforce: Many HCAs working overseas have a nurse training background, which gives them a skill set that is valuable even if it hasn’t yet led to NMC registration in the UK.
- Filling Critical Roles: The UK’s shortage of health professionals will be lessened by filling crucial posts with oversea recruits, thus enabling a continuity of care without much burden on the present staff.
Sponsoring Overseas Candidates: What Employers Need to Know
The UK employers have a few key steps that they have to perform to recruit and sponsor health care professional staff from oversea, Sicol-Global guides employers through the following process:
- Obtain a Sponsorship Licence: UK employers need to acquire a license from the UK government, which is provided at rates between £536 and £1,476.
- Health and Care Worker Visa: The employee should meet specific visa criteria to ensure his job falls in the shortage occupation list of the UK, such as nurses and senior HCAs.
- Compliance: CQC-registered employers are usually qualified to sponsor overseas workers, ensuring they meet the regulatory standards.
Care Assistants in the UK
Care assistants are integral components of the homecare sector. They care for service users by living within care home and private settings. The roles they take on include the following:
- Personal care support
- Health and medication assistance
- Meal preparation and home support
- Dementia and stroke recovery support
Benefits for Employers
Recruiting health care professional staff from oversea markets offers several advantages:
- Visa Sponsorship: Employers are required to provide a minimum of 39 hours per week and pay at least £10.10 per hour, and at least £20,480 annually. In return, such employees are entitled to the same benefits as UK workers, including sick pay and maternity leave.
- Training and Integration: Sicol-Global trains overseas recruits to UK care This therefore allows an easy training of recruits in the team and adherence to best practices.
