Employer Toolkits and Good Practice

Codes of Practice:

Business in the Community Code of Practice of Practice for Employing Migrant Workers

Business in the Community Voluntary Code of Practice for Employing Migrant Workers

This Code of Practice provides information to employers about how they can make migrant workers feel welcome and encourage integration in the long-term within both their workplace and the wider community. It covers a wide range of issues including recruitment, travel and accommodation, cultural awareness and combating racial discrimination. For more information please see: Code of Practise

Code of Practice for the Recruitment of International Healthcare Professionals

This provides a set of standards for the whole of the Healthcare sector to follow. In particular it provides employers with guidance on addressing the potential adverse effects of the migration of immigration on the healthcare systems of developing countries. For further details please see: Code of Practise for Recruitment

Social Care Institute for Excellence Code of Practice for recruiting overseas workers

Care Sector employers can sign up to 12 main principles of good practice from recruitment to health assessments and information provision. The website also contains tips on how to meet each principal and a list of useful resources. To access the code and the website please see: http://www.sccir.org.uk/index.asp

Toolkits:

Communique

A short good practice guide to communicating with `migrants: http://www.migrantgateway.eu/images/Documents/CommunicationsGuide.pdf

Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development - basic guide on employing overseas workers

This website provides information on the obligations of employers' of overseas migrants, including immigration and employment regulations: http://www.cipd.co.uk/subjects/intlhr/empfn.htm?lsSrchRes=1

Construction Skills

This website supports the effective integration of migrant workers by helping employers to ensure that the migrant workers they employ are qualified, competent and safe. Construction Skills is the sector skills council for the construction industry. To contact them please telephone: 01485 577577 or email: Call.centre@cskills.org or vist the website: http://www.constructionmigrantworkers.co.uk/workersskills/

Skills for Care Guide for Managers

This is a comprehensive toolkit produced for Skills for Care South West for Care employers looking to employ overseas staff. It covers planning, recruitment and induction and contains links to further information. This guide will be available soon.