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Concept Care College can help you get employed
 When Bulgaria and Romania joint the EU in January 2007, they were not given the privilege of full access to the UK labour market like the Polish and other countries which entered in 2004.
Bulgarians and Romanians are able to travel to the UK with no visa restrictions and stay as long as they want if they are self sufficient or working as self employed, but they are unable to take advantage of the many job offerings in the UK due to the restrictive nature of self employment rules.
It was then left to ingenuity of many private companies to look at all possibilities within the UK laws to make it possible for Romanians to take full advantage of many job opportunities in the UK without the restrictions of self employment - either using the Student Yellow card system or vocational courses. This Yellow card system not only does it give Romanians and Bulgarians the right to work full time, it also leads to a Blue card after year which give the holder unrestricted access to the UK Labour market.
One of such companies who facilitate the above with great success is Concept Care College, based in North London.
One of our reporters went to see their senior business development managers for an interview. Sam Fongho cordialy answered.
Tell us more about
Concept Care college.
Concept Care college (CCC) is subsidiary of Concept Care Solutions (CCS).
CCC is a leading National Vocational Qualifications (NVQ) centre based in London.
CCS, the mother company of CCC is a recruitment company which had 1000s of job openings across the UK.
CCC is using it’s connections with CCS to secure employment for all their students across the UK.
How does your work scheme operate?
The scheme is based on the fact that NVQs are vocational work based study programs.
The work you do everyday counts as your studies and you still get paid as any normal worker.
You are allowed within UK immigration rules to work as many hours as you wish and you are entitled to every benefit like any other worker.
What is the exact process?
The process is very simple actually
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Candidate completes our application forms and undergoes out interviews.
The interviewer will match the candidate with the best opportunity that meets their requirements or skill level.
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The candidate under goes a one week induction course in the college, during this week we will apply for all necessary paper works from the home office.
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The Yellow card is usally processed within 4 weeks
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The candidates goes to start their work placement soon after the induction program.
Unless indicated otherwise
v)
The candidates works as any normal employee while being assessed on the job by our assessors
vi)
The candidate will qualify to apply for a BLUE card after working through this scheme for 12 continues months.
What type of Jobs do you offer?
We have many jobs in the Health and social care and the hospitality sectors.
We have jobs in Nursing home for care assistants, nurses and domestic worker. In hotels and restaurants for Waiters, Bartenders, chefs and Kitchen porters.
Can one change jobs while on your program?
Yes, you can change jobs, as long as you don’t have a long break between jobs.
Why should some chose your program over self employed yellow cards?
There are many reason why you should chose this program instead of self employed
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Self employed is really only meant for people running their own business.
You will be breaking the UK law if you are working on a normal hourly paid job as a self employed.
You can get a criminal record and a £1000 fine if you are caught and your employer will have to pay £10000.
Such breech of UK immigration rules might prevent you from ever getting a status in the UK.
ii)
Self employed Yellow cards will never lead to a BLUE card, you will have to stay self employed until such time when the work restrictions on Bulgarians is taken off.
Where as on our program you only have 12 months to worry about the Yellow card.
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As a self employed, you are expected to pay your own tax, this additional administration is often over looked by most people.
You can get onto serious problems with the UK tax office if your accountant is not a very good one.
With the influx of many self employed people, many people have set up many accounting firms which might be upto date with all UK tax laws.
UK tax under payment issues can live to come after you for up to seven years. Our student program ensures that you don’t take any risk since your employer is responsible for all your tax payments.
What is the cost of your program?
Our cost varies, it depending on program and placement provider. Some employers will pay the fees for their candidates and take part of it back from their salary.
It’s best to come and have a free session with our consultant to get the right cost for you.
When do your courses start?
We don’t have specific start dates, we can start anyone on any day.
Who qualifies for these courses?
You don’t need any previous qualifications to come on any of our programs, all you need is basic English.
We would always match you to a job on our database as long as you have some level of English which can be improved upon. Our offers are open for both men and women.
When is the best time to come to your office?
Job seekers are always welcome to our office anytime between 9 to 5 Monday to Friday but we do have special workshops every Tuesday and Friday between 2 PM and 5PM
We have s special open day in our office on the last weekend of September, (Saturday and Sunday 29 / 28).
We will make immediate job offers to candidates who are looking to start work immediately.
How many Bulgarians have you employed?
We actually placed over 200 Bulgarians within the first two months of started this program in Bulgaria last summer.
We have until now processed over 730 Bulgarians within the last one year.
Where are your job?
We have 100s of jobs across the UK, from Devon through Kent all the way to Scotland.
What are your pay rates?
Our pay rates depend on experience and skill level of the job.
However, non of our clients pay less the UK minimum wage.
Have you ever travelled to Romania?
Of cause, I travel to Romania at least once every month since the EU membership last years. I have traversed Romania from Arad, Cluj Tulcha (spelling), Constanta, Brasov and of course Bucharest and other towns .
Sam Fongho can answer your questions at
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, www.londonccs.com,
www.mycccollege.com
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