Recorded webinars and resources

Free webinars and resources

International Recruitment East commissioned a range of delivery partners to create resource materials across a range of relevant key international recruitment topics.

There are bookable and recorded resources delivered by our partners who are experienced industry professionals.

To access bookable and recorded webinars, please select the relevant topic below which will take you to our delivery partner's web pages.

Some links contain free useful resources. These have been specifically created by our partners and include items such as toolkits and protocols that we hope you will find useful.

• Sponsorship, licences and visas
• Ethical recruitment
• Modern slavery
• Anti-racist practice
• Cultural orientation and pastoral care
• Driving skills
• Accommodation
• Adult social care learning and development 
• Legal services and support

The following monthly bulletins are also available and contain all the latest resources that are free to book.

Access the latest bulletin

If a care provider does not comply to the Home Office international recruitment rules, a sponsor licence can be suspended or revoked.

Our sponsorship, licences and visas (SL&V) events and resources will:

• Help providers manage complex administration
• Ensure compliance

Webinar slides

Suffolk Care Association webinar slides for providers and international recruits.

Webinar slides for providers include:

• Considering sponsorship of overseas workers. This covers overview of process, compliance and costs, plus recruiters
• Immigration updates. This covers CoS/ DCoS requests, automatic renewals, further information requests, visa application processing and eVisas
• Compliance Duties and SMS Reporting. This covers provider immigration support, sponsorship compliance extensions, salary deductions, HR (including maternity), working time regulations and modern slavery 

The webinar slides for international recruits are around immigration updates. They cover eVisas, switching sponsorship, supplementary hours and extensions.

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Live webinars and workshops

Suffolk Care Association is providing live webinars with immigration experts and support workshops on sponsorship management, compliance and obligations.

More information about the webinars

More information about the workshops

Mock UK Visa and Immigration compliance audits 

This is an offer for providers to support UKVI compliance and to help reduce the risk of revocations linked to record keeping. 

If you have recently had a mock UKVI compliance audit, or are planning on arranging one, you may qualify for a full or partial refund of the cost.

Find out more from the Eastern Region Care Association Alliance (ERCAA).

Providers in Cambridge, Essex, Hertfordshire, Norfolk, Southend, Suffolk and Milton Keynes 

If you're an adult social care provider in one of these local authority areas, contact ERCAA to apply for a refund.

Peterborough

If you're a provider in Peterborough, email IRSupport@peterborough.gov.uk to register interest.  

Bedford Borough and Central Bedfordshire

If you are a provider in these local authority areas, email IR.DISPLACEDWORKERSUPPORT@BLCB.CO.UK to register interest. 

Luton 

Further information coming soon.  Audit support will be offered via Luton Borough Council. 

Thurrock 

Audit support will be offered via Thurrock Council as part of compliance visits for providers that hold a sponsorship licence. If you are provider in Thurrock and have any queries email IR@thurrock.gov.uk

Adult Social Care Sector (England) Q&A Responses

Download the Home Office's Q&A document (PDF, 422 KB)

Solicitor support workshops

Workshops run from April to September 2025 with a maximum of six providers per session. These workshops are provided by Suffolk Care Association.

See dates and register for a workshop

Ethical recruitment ensures international recruits are treated fairly. It also ensures they are provided with appropriate support and safeguards against exploitation.

BA Healthcare is an international personnel partner providing training and consultancy services. They also place health and social care professionals into nursing, caring and other skilled roles across the UK. 

Ethical recruitment tool webinars - BA Healthcare 

These recorded webinars are suitable for adult social care managers and providers. Six of the free recorded webinars about ethical recruitment are also suitable for international recruits.

Resources

• Ethical recruitment tool - BA Healthcare. 
• Ethical recruitment: frequently asked questions - BA Healthcare.

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Modern slavery is happening within the UK. This includes the adult social care sector where there are many significant issues.

Modern slavery webinars - Unseen UK

There are 3 webinar topics split into part 1 & 2 as follows:

• First Responder Training - Part 1 & 2
• Modern Slavery Insights from the Care sector training - Part 1 & 2
• Modern Slavery Working with Third Parties Training - Part 1 & 2

You can access these as recorded webinars and the modern slavery in the care sector toolkit by clicking the access resources button:

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You could attend our interactive webinars run by Unseen on modern day slavery.

Book your place at the webinars

We offer:

• Free interactive eLearning
• Free managers guidance

Go to Ensuring the safety of staff

Bookable webinars

You could attend our interactive webinars on How to Eliminate Racism at Work.

To book on these webinars please email equalities@norfolk.gov.uk and they will send out booking information.

A structured programme of cultural orientation and pastoral care is essential to ensure internationally recruited staff are looked after and supported. It will help create a smooth transition into the UK adult social care workforce.

Cultural orientation - AC Solutions

We have produced a cultural awareness toolkit for international recruits and a recorded webinar to assist those working in adult social care.

Access resources on AC Solutions website 

Pastoral care - Communities 1st

We have produced a range of pastoral care good practice guidelines to help prepare international recruits that covers:

• Pre-arrival engagement
• UK arrival collections
• Buddying
• Local area knowledge
• International recruitment network meet ups
• Accommodation finding
• Access to local services and community
• UK orientation

A recorded webinar is also available to support good pastoral care.

Access the good practice guidelines on Communities 1st website

Scam awareness - Communities 1st

Scam awareness resources have been produced for internationally recruited staff to gain skills and knowledge to be aware of and avoid scams. To support this, a scam awareness guide has been produced together with a recorded webinar which will be released shortly.

Access the scam awareness resources on Communities 1st website

Scam awareness for the social care workforce

Book this event via Communities 1st

Driving in a new country is often a big challenge. Many international care workers need to drive as part of their job. 

Having access to e-learning theory will help workers to adapt to safe driving in the UK.

Webinars and resources

ESOL (English for Speakers of Other Languages) driving theory webinar - EELGA

Free recorded webinars for international recruits.

ESOL driving theory self-learning resource - EELGA

Free online self-study learning. 

Access the e-learning resource

Road Safety Adaptation Lessons - Suffolk Care Association

Suffolk Care Association offers fully-funded UK Road Safety Adaptation Lessons for international recruits. You will need to hold a driving licence and also need to drive for your role in social care.   

Please remember that you have a maximum of 12 months in which to book your UK driving test, otherwise you may be driving illegally. Your driving licence is only valid for 12 months in this country.

Find further information and the application process at the Suffolk Care Association website. 

It is not always easy for international care workers to find affordable accommodation. Our resources are designed to help overcome some of the challenges.

Resources

Our accommodation guides will provide links to local resources in the East of England. This includes letting agents and public transport. This will help international recruits to make informed and supported choices around housing.

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International Recruitment East asked Hertfordshire Care Providers Association (HCPA) to conduct a survey of to support understanding of overseas workforce needs. The results of this survey are now available. The outcomes are guiding the creation of a training module to support all those in the care sector in the Eastern region. 

Read the IR Report 2024 on the HCPA website

As part of the eastern region's programme of support for international recruitment, Lester Aldridge solicitors are providing up to 30 minutes of free advice from immigration specialists.

This will provide access to quality information, consistent and equitable information and advice.

This support runs from 1 February to 30 June - contact 01202 786104 or email eastproviderlegal@la-law.com

They can offer advice on:

• Sponsorship Licences
• Certificates of Sponsorship (CoS)
• Sponsorship Management
• UKVI Compliance
• Immigration and sponsorship related topics

Phone lines are open: 8.30am to 6pm Monday to Friday (outside of these times there will be an answerphone).

Please read the Terms and Conditions before you use this service.

Individual grants 

The Care Workers' Charity is working in partnership with International Recruitment East. The role of the charity is to administer the award of grants to internationally recruited care workers (IRs) who need to secure alternative employment in a new adult social care organisation. This will be due to the license revocation of their most recent employer. 

They can award individual grants to IRs for support in two specific areas: 

• Visa fee reimbursement - Basic visa fee £284  
• Work expense grants: individual grants awarded to support with costs directly related to work expenses or finding new employment. For example, a bike, clothing, travel costs, childcare costs etc. A maximum grant of £500 is available. 

If you're employing or supporting international recruits affected by license revocations, let them know that there is financial support to help them. The application process is straightforward, and there is lots on information available to help with applying. 

You can find the application form and more information at the Care Workers' Charity website or email the grants team at grants@thecwc.org.uk.