This Is What Change Looks Like: 150+ Care Workers Rehired

Elizabeth Beh
Jul 19
3 min read

Updated: Aug 4

From left to right: Mo (about whom we have great news to share!), Liz (Tresacare founder), and Ajibola (who has also been displaced and is still searching for roles)

We’re celebrating some truly good news – the kind that fills you with hope and proves just how powerful community can be.

SESCA helps 160 displaced care workers find jobs as of (sponsors)

We're so proud to report the success of SESCA (South East Social Care Alliance), one of our longstanding partners and clients. Thanks to their incredible work, 160 displaced international care workers have now been successfully placed into new employment (as of end of July).

Finding jobs and sponsors for displaced care workers is a life-changing achievement, not just for them but for their families too.

This is out of 815 workers who came to SESCA through the system, completed their application and interview with them, and were put forward for care roles.

That represents nearly 19% success at helping care workers into re-employment – well above the current national average. A remarkable figure, especially when figures show less than 4% of displaced care workers ever find new roles.

Erica Lockhart MBE, SESCA Chair, says:

SESCA has a great team in place working with our local care associations who can connect providers with full-time vacancies and regularly promote the skills and experience of our displaced workers. Hard work – but so worthwhile when we realise the difference a job makes to workers' life. But as important: the feedback from providers about the contribution they make in the workplace. A win-win all round.

SESCA's success is powerful reminder that, even in these challenging times, change is possible on a greater scale. When the right support is in place, care workers don’t just survive – they thrive!

We’re so proud to be working alongside a partner creating real, tangible impact. Through Employability Webinars, Wellbeing Gym sessions, and confidence-building spaces... every session, check-in, and act of care has led to this milestone.

And this is just the start. The number keeps growing. Thank you, SESCA, for showing what’s possible when compassion meets action!

And Mo has secured a new job, sponsor, and visa!

We’re especially proud to share that Mo – Motunrayo Ogungbemi – has secured employment, sponsorship, and a visa. Just weeks ago, she was jobless, facing the loss of her home and future in the UK. Her story reached over 250,000 people online – and you responded with action, support, and solidarity.

“This has been transformational,” Mo told us. “I am not the same person I was before.”

Mo’s success is a powerful reminder of what collective care can do. She extends heartfelt thanks to Dr Jane Townson OBE, Erica Lockhart MBE, Robin Hall, Mei-Ling Huang, Adrian Croft, Sue Ann Nnamani, and many others who showed up in her time of need.

Mo’s win should not be the exception. It should be the beginning of a movement. Because for every Mo, there are thousands more still waiting. We’re hearing from care workers sleeping in cars, grieving alone without the ability to return home, or locked out of work because they can’t afford a driving test.

Peter Afaah, another participant in our Wellbeing Programme at SESCA, wrote:

“I have learned a lot and gained so much mental support… Though I’m still struggling to find a new sponsor, I want to thank Liz and all the mentors.”

And from Alice Mungai, another graduate of the programme:

“Sesca/Tresacare have become my second home in the UK. I have learned a lot and feel so loved and supported.”

What we at Tresacare are working on

These stories are not isolated. They are systemic. And that’s why we’re not stopping here.

At Tresacare, we are:

Finalising our advocacy report and policy brief with urgent recommendations for government and sector leaders
Filming testimony videos to give care workers a platform to speak their truth
Building coalitions with unions, advocacy groups, and care organisations
And continuing to invest in the wellbeing of displaced care workers through every resource we can offer