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Cambridgeshire 
International Worker Resources:

Problems with your Employer?
Most problems that you will face will be employment rights related.  These are issues which the Branch can support you with, they include the following:

1.  Changes to your contract of employment, such as your shift pattern, reducing the number of hours worked, having to supply a car/driving.
2.   If you are being bullied, victimised, receiving racist comments.
3.  Treated unfairly, such as always getting the weekend or late shifts, being allocated the difficult clients, working long hours without being asked, having your shifts cancelled without notice.
4.  Health and Safety, such as being asked lift clients without a hoist, receiving training or even taking clients out in the community.

The above are only a few examples of the type of support that the Branch can advise and guide you through.  Our advice would be that any issue that you do have, contact the Branch and speak with a Caseworker first.

Access to Immigration Advice

Unison members with more than 4 weeks membership, can access a helpline free of charge from the leading provider The Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants. 

To see what the JCWI can provide, access their site here   

To access this support, call 0800 0 857 857 and ask for an appointment with an immigration lawyer.  The helpline best used for advice relating to immigration rules, visas etc and not for employment related issues being experienced by migrant workers. The helpline will only provide advice not ongoing casework support, your Branch is the best support for employment related issues.

Support Networks

Unison National Migrant Worker Network is an informal group of Unison members with a first generation immigrant background, including overseas and migrant workers,EU settled status workers and workers who have subsequently naturalised as British citizens.  Joining the network, will allow Unison to send you advice directly.  

Click on the image for more information

Other Support Networks

The Migrant community is one which is very supportive of each other. A host of networks have been formed for almost every nationality and community, some Local, some Regional and yet others that have a National influence.  These links will help you identify other
sources of support, please reach out if you are in need.   

Finding Employment

1.  One of the biggest issues and one which is time critical, is finding another job.  There are many reasons why you need to find alternative employment, accessing an employer who has been registered to issue a Certificate of Employment are decreasing.  This data base lists Social Care employers who can issue a CoS.

2.  The internet is a also a good place to start your search for a new job. The Branch uses the search 'Jobs with certificate of sponsorship'.  If you keep searching, you will find more.  Our search results can be found by clicking the image.  Good Luck!

3.  Sponsor Switch is an organisation
where you can register your details
and job requirements.  They will
support you in finding a new employer that has been assessed by Sponsor Switch as ethical and fair.  

4.     Borderless makes sponsorship and finding a job easy and effortless. They will help with your compliance, visa processing and sponsor licence assistance and the recruitment process.  They can help find you alternative employment, from employers across the UK, starting that search is easy.  Click the image to visit the website. 

5.  The NHS operate an Ethical Recruiters List.  This is a list of employers and agencies that operate within a Code of Practice.  This means that any employer operating within this code, signs up to adhere to certain standards of recruitment and employment.  The roles vary from doctors, nursing to Health Care Assistants. 

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