Creating a welcoming environment

Pastoral Care Guide: International Recruitment East in collaboration with Communities 1st

Our partner Communities 1st is a Hertfordshire based charity which develops and supports local voluntary and community organisations. Communities 1st is providing free recorded webinars on how to support international recruits in the care sector via good pastoral care. They have provided guides to support this, covering:

1. Pre-arrival engagement
2. UK arrival collections
3. Buddying
4. Local area knowledge
5. International recruitment network meet ups
6. Accommodation finding
7. Access to local services and community
8. UK orientation

Access resources and register for Communities 1st events and sessions 

Pastoral Care Guide: National Care Forum

The National Care Forum is a membership organisation for not-for-profit organisations in the care and support sector. The forum works to:

• Influence and shape social care policy
• Share best practices
• Provide a platform for its members to collaborate and discuss issues related to social care

They have produced a pastoral care guide for international recruitment in social care. This has been produced with the support of the Local Government Association and the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS). 

The guide helps employers to explore resettlement support and pastoral care for overseas recruits. This includes refugees and/or displaced people who are settled in the UK with the right to work.

International recruitment toolkit: NHS

The NHS have a lot of experience with international recruitment, as such they have produced an international recruitment toolkit.

Whilst this is aimed at NHS employers the content is relevant to the social care sector. The 'Induction and Beyond' section provides an overview of good practice for pastoral and professional support.

International recruitment retention research: University of Huddersfield

The University of Huddersfield has published research on nursing international recruitment in the NHS and what helps international recruits stay. There is plenty of learning that is also valuable for the adult social care market.