This is not a guide to employing refugees, but there can understandably be uncertainty about status and rights, best practice, and questions about employing refugees which could be relevant to professional bodies working with employers and developing their offer. A number of general employment guides have been produced, including:

OECD and UNHCR (2018) Engaging with Employers in the Hiring of Refugees: a 10-point multi-stakeholder action plan for employers, refugees, governments and civil society.

UNHCR (2019) Guidelines to Help British Businesses Employ Refugees

The Tent Partnership for Refugees is a non-profit organization launched in 2016 to mobilize the global business community to include refugees. It is now a global network of over 300 major companies committed to integrating refugees in their host communities. Working with Breaking Barriers it has produced a U.K. Employers’ Guide to Hiring Refugees, a practical toolkit intended to help employers who are interested in hiring refugees in the United Kingdom. The guide is intended to help companies design and implement refugee employment programs that will be maximally successful for employers and refugees alike. It contains essential information related to refugee recruitment and employment, including:

If you read any of these you will observe that none of them explicitly recognise a role for professional bodies in specialised employment support, so the need for mainstreaming activities advocated in this guide are evident!

It would also be worth contacting your regional Strategic Migration Partnership for advice and referral, as they usually have employment schemes as part of their activities, or one of the organisations working with highly-skilled refugees.

Migration Yorkshire provides advice and information for employers and also offers training as part of their Migration Support