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Further training opportunities for professionals

These sessions are for frontline practitioners in local areas across UK. There will be 5 sessions varying in length.

The have developed a package of workshops with:

It is important that people working in local organisations, from health professionals to social workers, police officers, businesses, charity and community organisation workers, know not only how to respond to potential cases, but also know who else to involve to make sure people affected get the comprehensive support they need.

This resource pack has been developed for regional Modern Slavery Partnerships to host 5 workshops, each aimed at a different target audience. You may choose to run all the workshops, or just a selection, depending on the current need in your region. Please feel free to run each workshop as many times as you wish.

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is enabling the dioceses and wider Church networks to develop strategies to detect modern slavery in their communities and help provide victim support and care.

Online courses take place over three 2-hour sessions covering the 4 course modules:

  • understanding county lines
  • detection of county lines
  • protecting children, young people, and vulnerable adults
  • building resilience

The sessions make use of videos and other online resources to gain an understanding of county lines, how it operates in our communities and what we can do to respond.

If you would like to find out more about the courses and upcoming course dates, please email: clewerinitiative@churchofengland.org or read The Clewer Initiative training page.

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Partnership is essential to effective action against modern slavery. Throughout the UK many different organisations are working hard to prevent slavery, promote identification of victims, provide support services to survivors, and ensure that slavery cannot flourish. Frontline practitioners and service providers to work in partnership.

Explore the  to find out how to improve your local partnership’s response to slavery. This toolkit includes a:

  • partnership checklist - our checklist will help you to review your partnership needs and highlight relevant resources on this site.
  • governance library - thinking about accountability, action planning or performance management
  • resources - information to help you with key aspects of partnership work, such as planning an awareness campaign, engaging with different partners, or reviewing care pathways reports and guidance - stay up to date with the relevant legislation
  • UK Training library - free quality assured training resources and accredited and updated by the UK Modern Slavery Training Delivery Group

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This is a framework for identifying and referring potential victims of modern slavery and ensuring they receive the appropriate support. Modern slavery is a complex crime and may involve multiple forms of exploitation.

This is a simple guide for parents, carers, and professionals as an introduction into the NRM which includes:

  • an explanation of human trafficking
  • indicators of exploitation
  • where to get help
  • guidance on forms of exploitation

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The is a 15-minute guide for a broad range of public sector staff who could potentially witness indicators of modern slavery. This includes those working in education, health, local authorities, and any other role that encounters the public. It includes:

  • definitions
  • risk factors
  • grooming process
  • examples of forms of MS/CE and case studies
  • the National Referral Mechanism
  • reporting intel processes
  • guidance of responding to concerns.
  • support options

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The Hope for Justice charity believes in multi-agency working and is keen to work with and train law enforcement, medical professionals, social services, community outreach programmes and other frontline agencies and organisations to tackle the issue of modern slavery.

Hope for Justice offer training in a virtual classroom setting via either Zoom or Microsoft Teams. This is training aimed at professionals. All product sessions are 3-hours, but timings can possibly be reduced. Due to the length of course and time spent on screen, its usual practice to deliver only one 3-hour session per day. Each product is split into 2 sessions lasting 90 minutes and is delivered on either a morning or afternoon with a 30-minute break. Times of sessions can vary when requested. If you wish to discuss arranging dates and training needs, please email: training.uk@hopeforjustice.org.

Product 1 - Modern Slavery Awareness

The session is suitable for professionals (and volunteers) who may work with and identify potential victims of modern slavery.

Product 2 - Spot the Signs for the Practitioner in the pre-NRM process

The session is suitable for professionals working within a first responder organisation who will have responsibility for interviewing and referring potential victims into the NRM. It is also relevant to NGO staff whose remit involves the potential support of Potential Victim of Trafficking's (PVoT) behaviour) at the pre-NRM process.

Product 3 - Disclosure Encounter (DE)

The Modern Slavery Disclosure Encounter Online session aims to:

  • outline what a Disclosure Encounter is and what enables it to occur
  • explain how trauma can present in a Potential Victim of Trafficking’s (PVoT) behaviour
  • describe how trauma-informed listening can allow a PVoT to disclose
  • explore what encourages or discourages a disclosure by a PVoT

For more information, read about .

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