Training and Resources

Training is essential for any individuals that are likely to come into contact with people that are being exploited.

Training builds the capacity of staff and suppliers in raising awareness about the issue and providing information on how to spot and respond to incidents. Training should be targeted based on role to have the greatest effect.

HMSP Training Materials

External Training (Face-to-Face)

External Training (E-Learning)

Resources

HMSP Training Materials

Core Modern Slavery/Human Trafficking Awareness PowerPoint Slides (Coming Soon)

External Training (Face-to-Face)

Unseen

Deliver training to professionals whose work may bring them into contact with potential victims of slavery. They have trained Local Authorities, Police, Fire and Rescue, Housing Associations, Environmental Health Officers, Social Workers, NGOs, businesses and many other sectors.

https://www.unseenuk.org/modern-slavery-training

Stop the Traffik

Deliver awareness raising courses, which are tailored to the specific needs of each organisation (finance, business, government, charities, law enforcement and local community). Each course or session is developed in consultation with each client.

https://www.stopthetraffik.org/what-we-do/bespoke-training/

External Training (E-Learning)

The Salvation Army

The Salvation Army has developed a free e-learning on Human Trafficking Awareness.

COMPLETE THE TRAINING (includes audio output)

ECPAT UK/West Yorkshire Police

Published a 2 to 3 hour in depth e-learning package that covers both adult and child trafficking, and is suitable for any public sector organisation. The package can be accessed for a fee at Virtual College.

If you are an Independent Advocate for children and young people, or a Border Force Safeguarding and Modern Slavery Officer, you can access this training for free by contacting childtrafficking@homeoffice.gov.uk.

E-learning for Healthcare

A 30 minute e-learning package that is free to access for all healthcare professionals.

LUPC

LUPC, in collaboration with their partner consortium APUC and the University of Greenwich, has developed an eLearning suite on Protecting Human Rights in the Supply Chain, developed especially for public procurement practitioners.

Free eLearning: Protecting Human Rights in the Supply Chain

Further training resources can be accessed here.

Resources

There are several platforms that have lists of resources on tackling human trafficking and modern slavery:

Home Office Resources Page (Includes specific sections for local authorities, health professionals, police and law enforcement)
Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner Resources Page
The Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner’s (IASC) online toolkit supports local organisations and agencies work better together to tackle modern slavery.

1. Victim Awareness and Identification

HMSP Mini Pocket Guidance - General Indicators and Indicators for Specific Exploitation Types
Anti-Slavery Adult Working Group & Human Trafficking Foundation: Adult Modern Slavery - How to identify a victim of human trafficking or modern slavery
Victims of modern slavery: guidance for frontline staff on how UK Visas and Immigration identifies and helps potential victims of modern slavery.
Home Office Modern Slavery Awareness & Victim Identification Guidance is aimed at a broad range of public sector staff who could potentially witness indicators of modern slavery.

2. Victim Support

Home Office guidance on National referral mechanism reform (16 Oct 2018)

Home Office guidance on the Single Competent Authority (29 Apr 2019)

Adults

Home Office Guidance (17 Jan 2019) on how potential victims of modern slavery, who are eligible, can claim a back payment of subsistence rates.
The Slavery and Trafficking Survivor Care Standards 2018: a blueprint for UK-wide service providers offering high quality care to adult survivors of modern slavery
UK Anti-Trafficking Monitoring Group (Nov 2018): Early Support Provision for Adult Survivors of Trafficking (10 core principles).
Anti-Slavery Adult Working Group & Human Trafficking Foundation: Adult Modern Slavery Protocol for Local Authorities: Statutory Duties and Powers
Anti-Slavery Adult Working Group & Human Trafficking Foundation: Adult Modern Slavery Protocol for Local Authorities - NRM Process Guide for Local Authorities Steps 1-12
Human Trafficking Foundation: NRM Referral Process for Adult Victims of Modern Slavery

Children

Home Office (2019): Child Exploitation Disruption Toolkit
Home Office Statutory guidance on Child trafficking advocates: early adopter sites (21 Jan 2019)
IOM & Croydon Council (Jan 2019): Strengthening responses to child trafficking and modern slavery - A Pilot Project to support foster carers looking after Albanian and Vietnamese unaccompanied children
The Children’s Society, Victim Support and NPCC (2 Mar 2018): Children and Young People Trafficked for the Purpose of Criminal Exploitation in Relation to County Lines – A Toolkit for Professionals
Home Office Statutory guidance on Independent child trafficking advocates trial: government report (17 Dec 2015)
Home Office Policy paper on Evaluation of independent child trafficking advocates trial: final report (17 Dec 2015)

3. Statutory Agencies

Local Authorities

Definitions and Indicators: how to identify a victim of human trafficking or modern slavery
Statutory Duties and Powers: The NRM and a Local Authority’s statutory duties to identify and support victims of human trafficking and modern slavery
Referral Pathway for adult victims and NRM process guide
Local Government Association (Dec 2017): Tackling Modern Slavery - A Council Guide

Health Professionals

Royal College of Nursing (12 May 2017): Modern Slavery - RCN Guide for Nurses and Midwives
Royal College of Nursing (11 May 2018): Modern Slavery Wheel
IOM (2009) Caring for Trafficked Persons: Guidance for Health Providers
Royal College of Nursing: Modern Slavery Resources

4. Businesses and Supply Chains

Home Office Statutory Guidance on Slavery and human trafficking in supply chains: guidance for businesses (22 Oct 2018)
Home Office Resources Page: Information to help you identify if your organisation needs to publish a modern slavery statement and best practice guidance on producing a statement. (12 Mar 2019)

Reports

Chartered Institute of Building on modern slavery within the building industry: Report

Business-Specific Fact Sheets

5. Homelessness

The Passage (13 Jan 2019) Modern Slavery Handbook for staff working in the Homelessness Sector.

The Passage (Jan 2017) Understanding and Responding to Modern Slavery within the Homelessness Sector

6. Latest Reports

Hertfordshire

Hertfordshire Public Health Evidence and Intelligence Unit (Dec 2018): Modern Slavery Strategic Needs Assessment
Hertfordshire Crime and Disorder Partnership 2018 - Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking (6 Dec 2018): Report of the Topic Group

2019

Unseen Modern Slavery Helpline (24 Apr 2019): Annual Assessment 2018
University of Nottingham Rights Lab (Mar 2019): Safe Car Wash App Report
Hestia (Mar 2019): Underground Lives - Police Response to Victims of Modern Slavery

2018

Prison Reform Trust & Hibiscus Initiatives (2018): Still No Way Out - Report on the experience of foreign national women and trafficked women in the criminal justice system in England and Wales
British Red Cross, Hestia and Ashiana (Dec 2018): After the National Referral Mechanism – what next for survivors of trafficking? Initial findings from the STEP Project
HM Government (18 Oct 2018): 2018 UK annual report on modern slavery
Hestia (Oct 2018): Underground Lives - Male Victims of Modern Slavery
Anti-Trafficking Monitoring Group (Sep 2018): Before the Harm is Done - Examining the UK's Response to the Prevention of Trafficking
GLAA Report (May 2018): The Nature and Scale of Labour Exploitation across all Sectors within the United Kingdom
Unseen Modern Slavery Helpline (31 March 2018): Annual Assessment 2017

2017

Local Government Association (Dec 2017): Tackling Modern Slavery - A Council Guide
Office of the Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner and the University of Nottingham’s Rights Lab (Oct 2017) - Collaborating for freedom: Anti-slavery partnerships in the UK
A Typology of Modern Slavery Offences in the UK: Research on the different types of modern slavery in the UK, through analysis of 300 confirmed cases of modern slavery and consultation with a range of experts. (17 Oct 2017)