As care work recruitment specialists, Craig reveals these agents have even offered his company what are essentially bribes, to place candidates into unsuitable jobs – in exchange for a cut of the money the care worker paid in hope of building a better life in the UK.
But in an arrangement like this, Craig argues the candidate often feels exploited, unhappy in an unsuitable job, with little loyalty to their employer. Likewise, when they inevitably resign, the care home is back where they began – understaffed with a gap in their rota. Ultimately, everyone loses except the bogus agent, and patient care suffers.