Displaced care worker regional contact list
Since overseas recruitment for care workers closed in July 2025, the displaced care worker pool is one of the few routes left open. This free list gives you every regional partnership contact in England, and the evidence you need on file before you assign a Certificate of Sponsorship.
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Why this list exists
Care providers based entirely in England have had to try the displaced care worker pool before recruiting through other routes since 9 April 2025. When overseas recruitment for care workers closed on 22 July 2025, that pool stopped being a box to tick on the way to something else and became one of the few routes actually open.
The requirement has an evidence trail attached. You need to contact your regional or sub-regional partnership, attempt to recruit from the pool, and hold written confirmation before you assign a new Certificate of Sponsorship. Providers lose time here because the contact details are scattered, and lose Certificates of Sponsorship because the confirmation was never kept.
What's inside
- Every regional and sub-regional recruitment partnership across England, in one list.
- Contact names or email addresses where they are published.
- A ready-to-use structure for approaching your local hub.
- What to keep on file as evidence of the attempt, so the record survives a compliance visit.
- Sourced from Care England and checked against Home Office briefings.
Displaced care worker recruitment: your questions answered
What is the displaced care worker pool?
It is the group of care workers already in the UK whose sponsor has lost its licence or ceased trading, held by regional partnerships in England so that other providers can recruit from them.
Do you have to try the displaced worker pool first?
Care providers based entirely in England must approach their regional partnership and attempt to recruit from the pool before sponsoring through other routes.
What evidence do you need to keep?
Written confirmation from the partnership, held before you assign a Certificate of Sponsorship. Keep the correspondence itself, not just a note that it happened.
Can care providers recruit care workers from overseas?
Not since 22 July 2025. New sponsorship is limited to people already in the UK who either hold Skilled Worker permission as a care worker or senior care worker, or have worked lawfully for you in a care role for at least three months before the Certificate of Sponsorship is assigned.
Who this list is for
Registered managers, nominated individuals, and the HR or compliance lead at any care provider in England that sponsors. Groups running several services will want one owner for this, because the partnership you approach depends on where the role sits.
About Borderless
Borderless is the UK platform for sponsor licence holders. We run Certificates of Sponsorship, visa applications, right to work checks, and ongoing compliance in one place, for over 500 employers and more than 13,000 sponsored workers across every sector that sponsors.
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