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<p>Care providers have a responsibility to ensure their chosen candidates have the
right skills to work in care. As part of this, they should assess a candidate’s English
language proficiency at the interview stage of the recruitment process. This applies
to both candidates from overseas who they will be offering sponsorship to, and candidates
already in the UK, if English is not their first language.</p><p>For staff who are
recruited from overseas, English language proficiency requirements are set by the
Home Office, as a condition to qualifying for a Skilled worker visa, including care
workers and senior care workers on the Health and Care Worker visa. Individuals from
overseas must be able to prove they can speak, read, write and understand English
to at least level B1 on the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR)
scale. The framework can be found at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.coe.int/en/web/common-european-framework-reference-languages/table-1-cefr-3.3-common-reference-levels-global-scale"
target="_blank">https://www.coe.int/en/web/common-european-framework-reference-languages/table-1-cefr-3.3-common-reference-levels-global-scale</a></p>
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