We’re pleased to share that the West Midlands Care Association (WMCA) has launched its 2025 Excellence in Care Awards, and this year introduces an exciting new category: “Sponsored International Worker of [...]

Changes to Immigration Rules for Adult Social Care Workforce: Key Updates On the 1st July 2025, the Home Office published a major Statement of Changes to the Immigration Rules (HC 997), which [...]

King’s College London has been commissioned by the Department of Health and Social Care to conduct an independent national evaluation of the support provided through the International Recruitment Fund 2024–25. This [...]

Dudley Council is hosting an event to support international care workers living in the borough. Organised by the Adult Social Care team, the event will bring together a range of organisations [...]

At the heart of our work is a shared commitment: to ensure international care workers are protected from exploitation and treated with dignity and respect. This means supporting ethical recruitment and [...]

Coventry City Council is funded by the International Recruitment Programme to provide support locally. One of the many things they have done is introduce a regular ‘Welcome to Coventry’ drop in [...]

Our May 2025 E Bulletin is a bumper issue, reflecting the fact our Service Delivery Partners and support structures are fully operational and refreshed International Recruitment Hub now live. Features include: [...]

UK Immigration White Paper 2025 On the 12th May 2025, the Government published the immigration white paper - Restoring Control over the Immigration System - and confirmed that recruitment from abroad via [...]

New Immigration Rules and 2025/26 International Recruitment Fund: Key Updates for Adult Social Care Providers and Local Authorities From 9 April 2025, new immigration rules came into effect requiring employers to consider recruiting displaced [...]

West Midlands prompt cards for safeguarding issues associated with international recruitment We have designed two prompt cards to support local authorities, in relation to international recruitment, with internal information sharing when [...]

We want to share some key updates regarding international recruitment. In particular, we’d like to highlight recent developments regarding sponsor licence revocations and direct you to new guidance on the West [...]

The 2024-25 International Recruitment Programme is now well and truly underway. Within this E-Bulletin we provide an update in terms of the support now available for both Care Providers and displaced [...]