International Recruitment Pastoral Care Guidelines Webinar

Communities 1st has been working with social care providers, care homes, home care and supported living services, together with the regional collaborative partnership to develop and deliver pastoral care good practice for International Recruits. This webinar will give you an opportunity to find out more about how these guides were developed and how you might use them to give your new employees a positive experience in their first weeks in the country. 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