Modern Slavery training

1. Do you provide modern slavery training to your staff, or cover modern slavery as part of a wider training (eg. Adult safeguarding, children’s safeguarding etc)? Please answer ‘yes, standalone training’, ‘no’, or ‘yes, covered as part of other training’

  • “Yes –  covered as part of other training” (in Group 3 Core Safeguarding & Child Protection) and
  • “Yes – standalone”

2. If you provide modern slavery training, is it limited to one ‘type’ of modern slavery or is it general? (e.g. ‘modern slavery’, or on a specific type like ‘child’ or ‘criminal’ exploitation?)

Both general and specific.

3. Is your modern slavery training open to all staff?

Yes

4. Which of the following training formats do you offer?:
e-learning / on-demand module, classroom learning (remote or in-person), or webinar/guest talk.

e-learning, webinars and guest talks/presentations.

If webinar/guest talk or classroom learning, please share when these trainings have taken place within the past two years.

E-learning and video learning  can be accessed online to suit the user.

A SaFest week long online safeguarding conference always happen for a week in November and this was the fifth year of the event. Everyday there is a presentation which tackles these subjects.

5. What is the duration of the training (if you have access to this information)?

From 1 – 3 hours.

6. Does the training contain any of the following themes? Please highlight which are covered:

– Survivors’ immigration status – No

– Changes under the Nationality and Borders Act 2022 – No

– How to secure legal representation or emergency accommodation/support for potential victims – No

– How to complete a National Referral Mechanism (NRM) referral form – NRM training is delivered separately by the DCC LINKS team, Safer Devon Community partnership events and signposting to Anti-Slavery Partnership (as above).

-How people with protected characteristics (for example, people of different genders, ages, sexualities, nationalities, and those who are disabled) may experience exploitation – We signpost to LGBTQ Youth and Human Trafficking for Service Providers Online training courses | Hope for Justice

– The need for cultural awareness and sensitivity (a case study/image does not inherently count, unless there is a specific mention or exploration of relevant cultural issues or barriers) – this is covered in any training programme or course we offer.