Recorded webinars and resources

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