Sources of Information, guidance and support
Useful links
This list provides a summary of links provided throughout this guidance - more information can be found in the Principles section.
- British Council: International English Language Test system
- Children's Workforce Development Council: Children's Workforce Induction Standards
- City & Guilds: International English Qualifications with
- Criminal Records Bureau
- Department of Education and Skills: Commonwealth Teacher protocol (PDF file)
- Department of Health: Code of Practice for the International Recruitment of healthcare professionals
- Department of Health: Guidance for care homes and domiciliary agencies on the Protection of Vulnerable Adults (POVA)
- Directgov: Employment rights toolkit
- Disclosure.co.uk - provides online CRB checks
- EURES – the job mobility portal with information for employers on recruiting in Europe
- European Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities guidance
- General Social Care Council: Code of Practice - UK-wide codes of practice for social care workers and employers provide a clear guide for all those who work in social care, setting out the standards of practice and conduct workers and their employers should meet.
- General Social Care Council: Country assessment guidelines - provides details of the qualifications that applicants would be expected to hold from our top 10 countries of registrants.
- General Social Care Council: Training and learning
- General Social Care Council: Guidance for overseas workers
- Home Officer: Working in the UK - site provides information about the various routes open to Foreign Nationals who want to come and work in the United Kingdom.
- Home Office: Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 Section 22. A Code of Practice for employers on the avoidance of race discrimination in recruitment practice whilst seeking to prevent illegal working
- National College for School Leadership: Safeguarding Children: Safer Recruitment & Selection in Education Settings - Safer Recruitment online training has been commissioned by the DfES and developed by NCSL in response to recommendation 16 of the Bichard Inquiry report (published in June 2004).
- NHS Employers: Pre-employment checklist
- NHS Employers: Post employment checklist
- NHS plus - NHS Plus is a network of NHS occupational health (OH) departments across England, supplying quality services to non-NHS employers.
- NHS Plus: Guidance on pre-employment health assessment
- Office of Public Sector Information: Protection of Children Act 1999
- Skills for Care: Common Induction Standards
- Skills for Care: Quick start to NVQs in social care
- Skills for Care: guidance for support on funding
- UCAS: English language proficiency qualifications
- UK Teaching: Orientation Handbook developed for Teachers (PDF file)
- UK Visa - joint Home Office and Foreign and Commonwealth Office directorate, offering information on whether or not a visa is required to work in the UK and if so how individuals can apply for one.
- Work Permits.com - The World's top immigration and visa related website run by one of the UK's largest immigration and work permit firms.
- Workpermits.com: video updates - offers weekly video updates on changing circumstances in relation to applications to work in the UK.