The revised code of practice for recruiting internationally for health and social care organisations in England is a set of guidelines that outline the ethical and responsible recruitment practices that should be followed when recruiting health and social care workers from overseas.
Yes, they can make individual direct applications to job vacancies. Here is an extract from the Code of practice for the international recruitment of health and social care personnel in England:
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For the purpose of this code of practice, a ‘direct application’ is when an individual makes an application directly and on their own behalf to an employing organising. Direct applications do not use a third party, such as a recruitment organisation, agency or collaboration.
Individual health and social care employers may consider direct applications from individuals who are resident in countries on the WHO Health Workforce Support and Safeguards List 2023(see ‘Annex A: red and amber list countries’ below) if they have made a direct application to a vacancy at their organisation.
A direct application can only be made in response to a vacancy that is hosted by, and recruited to, the same sponsoring organisation.”
No, the list applies to the country of residence. Here is an extract from the Code of practice for the international recruitment of health and social care personnel in England:
“For the purpose of this code of practice, ‘resident’ refers to the country an individual is living in when they apply for a health or social care job.
The rules on active recruitment and direct applications are based on the country within which an individual is resident when they apply for a health or social care job, rather than the nationality of the individual or their original country of training.”
‘Active international recruitment’ in the code is defined as the process by which UK health and social care employers, contracting bodies, recruitment organisations, agencies, collaborations, and sub-contractors target individuals to market UK employment opportunities, with the intention of recruiting to a role in the UK health or social care sector. It includes both physical or virtual targeting, and whether or not these actions lead to substantive employment.
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