Employment

Guidance for registered Care providers on overseas workers and equivalent qualifications

Overseas workers with nurse qualifications in their country of origin, who are not able to register with the Nursing and Midwifery Council as a candidate for Adaptation training, may be given work permits stating their home country qualification has been deemed NVQ 3 equivalent and as a result they are given a work permit to work as a Senior Care Assistant. They therefore “qualify” as part of the workforce 50% target deemed to be qualified to NVQ Level 2/3.

It should be noted that although care workers qualifications have been deemed to be equivalent to an NVQ 3 this does not necessarily make them competent to work in a particular environment and employers should ensure they are competent for the work they do.

CRB disclosures advice re access by CSCI

The subject of access to CRB Disclosures by CSCI inspectors has been a matter of discussion for many months and has now been finally resolved.

CSCI inspectors have a responsibility to ensure that all registered providers are obtaining CRB disclosures as part of their recruitment procedures. CRB standard guidelines to Registered Bodies rightly place stringent constraints on the safe storage and destruction of disclosures since they can contain extremely sensitive information about people. There was a relaxation of this guidance in respect of extending the retention period to twelve months and authorisation of CSCI inspectors to see the documents but this has now been changed.

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