Overseas Workers

International/overseas Social Workers

Social Care 4U offer you the best social work opportunities in England.

We aim to provide you with a specialized service individually tailored to meet your requirements. To provide you with a fully informed transition from the first time you contact us through to your successful placement and beyond.

We aim to ensure that social care 4U is a highly respected and established recruitment company operating from a London base. The directors and senior consultants have specialised in recruiting for the Social care market place for a number of years and have also worked within social care organisations. We manage a number of contracts throughout the London region and have the experience and contacts to place overseas workers throughout England. With knowledgeable and experienced consultants able to match your experience with the needs of clients, all the best placement opportunities will be open to you.

For those of you who wishes to take up employment in the United Kingdom needs to be in possession of a relevant valid and legitimate visa. There are a variety of visas available. It is advised that all candidates wishing to work in the UK should research each option thoroughly before applying.

Prior to your arrival in the UK we will provide you with a named consultant who will provide you with all the information you need including help with building your CV/Resume, terminology, and the laws and legislations to make your time in England a fulfilling and career enhancing one.

Social Care 4U will greet you when you land in the UK. We will then transfer you to short-term accommodation of your choice providing it is within London or the surrounding areas. We will support you in finding a permanent place to live after we have helped you to find suitable employment.

Obtaining a National Insurance Number and Opening a Bank Account

All workers in the UK need a National Insurance Number. We will provide you with the necessary information and documentation in order to obtain this. We are also able to assist you with the opening of a bank account but you must bring a reference from your bank overseas.

Bunac

Bunac is available for our US applicants who have just recently qualified with a BSW, MSW, PHD or any other qualification that is suitable under the General Social Care Council.

You must be at an American University whether in the USA or abroad.

WHY BUNAC: The only Government approved programme of its kind to allow US students to work full-time in the UK.

NATIONALITY: US Passport holders only.

ELIGIBILITY: Must be pursuing a course of at least 8 credit hours, matriculating towards a degree, at a US university.

GRADUATES: Still eligible to go for one semester after graduation.

APPLICATION TIME: 2 to 7 days.

COST: $250

DURATION: anytime up to a maximum of 6 months.

TYPE OF JOB: anything at all, Career or casual.

BUNAC RESOURCE CENTERS: London and Edinburgh , for assistance with jobs, accommodation, social events etc.

For further information or to receive a brochure please contact:

BUNAC USA , PO BOX 430 , SOUTHBURY , CT , 06488

WEBSITE: www.bunac.org E-mail: wib@bunacusa.org

1-800-GO-BUNAC

SWAP

Equally the Swap Programme caters for qualified social workers with a Canadian passport under the age of 27 and is also available to graduates in New Zealand and South Africa . The programme allows the worker to work and live in the UK for a maximum of 2 years.

They offer:

Two year British visa (flexible visa)

Expert SWAP material acceptance and final packages ie accommodation at a cost effective budget

Two night accommodation free in London

Arrival orientation in London

After hours emergency lines

Access to faxes, computers and telephones

Tax exemption on the first £4,615 they earn under the PAYE system

Mail forwarding services

Fast track services to open new bank accounts

Social events

Budget flights

Travel map and tourist materials

Working Holiday Visa

This visa allows young Commonwealth citizens, who do not have commitments, which require them to earn a regular wage, to come to the UK for an extended holiday. They may help fund the holiday by working in the UK up to a maximum period of two years. To qualify as a working holidaymaker you must:

Be a Commonwealth citizen; and

Be unmarried or be married to a person who meets the requirements as a working holidaymaker in their own right; and

Have the means to pay for a return or onward journey; and

Be able and intend to maintain and accommodate themselves without recourse to public funds; and

Intend to take employment incidental to a holiday but not engage in business; and

Not have dependant children, any of whom are 5 years of age or over, or commitments which would require them to earn a regular income; and

Intend to leave the UK at the end of the working holiday; and

Hold a valid visa for entry in this capacity.

If a persons specific purpose in coming to the UK is to gain full-time work, they will not qualify under the Immigration Rules as a working holidaymaker.

Ancestry Visa

Ancestry visas allow candidates who are Commonwealth citizens with strong ancestral ties, to become eligible to live and work unrestrictedly in the UK for up to 4 years. To qualify for an Ancestry Visa you must;

Be at least 17 years old; and

Be a Commonwealth citizen; and

Have a grandparent born in the United Kingdom *; and

Be able to work and genuinely intend to take or seek employment in the UK

Be able to maintain and accommodate themselves in the UK without recourse to public funds

Settlement Visa/Spouse Entry Clearance

Accompanying dependants and spouses of British citizens or candidates with UK settlement status who wish to travel to the UK , must get Entry Clearance from their British Embassy. There are a number of conditions that must be met before family members are allowed to join relatives or partners who have settled in the UK .

Right of Abode

Candidates, or their parents who were born in the UK , may apply for the Right of Abode. If this is granted you are entirely free from UK immigration control. Candidates do not need to have their passport stamped by an immigration officer on entry to the UK , and are entitled to live and work in the UK indefinitely.

Work Permit

We can help you to obtain a work permit through an employer due to the shortage of social workers within the UK at present.

Work permits are valid for 5 years, however if candidates change positions they will need to reapply.