The CQC State of Care report last week has highlighted an increasing concern in unethical recruitment practices of international workers. This is something the BBC picked up earlier this week. The BBC’s report highlighted increasing numbers of calls to a modern slavery helpline from care workers. This is a bleak reminder of an issue that the DHSC, together with other members of the Care Provider Alliance, have been trying very hard to address. As well as repeatedly asking the government to fund a nationally coordinated response by the CPA to tackle unethical recruitment practices and support providers to get it right, they have engaged with leaders in ethical recruitment to bring members up to date guidance on best practice and ensure they are promoting good practice on this issue throughout the sector.

Resources available on the DHSC website include a Spot the signs toolkit they developed with Skills for Care and Hestia. You’ll also find further guidance, tools and training opportunities outlined in their Pastoral Care Guide for International Recruitment