Market Engagement for Fully Managed International Recruitment Service

A Prior Information Notice
by SUFFOLK COUNTY COUNCIL

Source
Find a Tender
Type
Contract (Services)
Duration
not specified
Value
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Sector
BUSINESS
Published
03 Apr 2023
Delivery
not specified
Deadline
n/a

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Location

Suffolk:

Geochart for 1 buyers and 0 suppliers

1 buyer

Description

Suffolk County Council wish to explore market options for a fully managed international recruitment service. The focus of that recruitment would encompass registered social work and therapy roles - specifically qualified Social Workers and Occupational Therapists as a minimum with the possibility of adding Physiotherapist. The service would also need to be able to recruit unregistered roles, principally trained and experienced carers, capable of working with the Council’s in-house reablement service, Home First.To participate in this market engagement exercise please complete the MS Form at https://forms.office.com/e/LBYZAhYm7U by 17th April 2023. Any resulting procurement decision is expected within 3-6 months.

Total Quantity or Scope

The service would also need to be able to recruit unregistered roles, principally trained and experienced carers, capable of working with the Council’s in-house reablement service, Home First.The service provided would need to cover all aspects of international recruitment, including: • Sourcing appropriate candidates for the roles described, from suitable countries. This would include evaluation of suitable candidates, although final selection would sit with the Council. • Managing and financing all processes and procedures in relation to appropriate Visas.• All aspects of sponsorship, settlement, including support for accommodation, and pastoral care for a defined period (an appropriate period of pastoral support to be defined by the potential provider of the service).Providers of this service will need to ensure that an ethnical approach is at the heart of any proposal, only working with Countries that are approved by the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) as suitable to source recruitment from. We would also expect providers to have significant experience in this field of work with all necessary approvals and validations from appropriate government bodies. Specifically, compliance with the DHSC Code of practice for the international recruitment of health and social care personnel in England.

CPV Codes

  • 79600000 - Recruitment services

Other Information

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