Safe Accommodation for Child Victims of Trafficking

[Alison J Stevens]

Safe Accommodation for Child Victims of Trafficking
(11am-3pm, ECPAT UK National Training Centre, London)

25 April 2012 [event reference number: 250412]

22 May 2012 [event reference number: 220512]

25 June 2012 [event reference number: 250612]

** London Olympics 2012 - specialist training from children's rights charity ECPAT UK **



 
ECPAT UK has identified that there are no commonly agreed safety and protection standards across the UK for the placement of children who are suspected or known to be trafficked. This inconsistency has allowed safeguarding issues to be side-lined and, in some instances, cast aside, leading to further harm to the child.

In 2009, the Home Affairs Select Committee report on human trafficking raised concerns about suspected child victims in local authority care who go missing and are never found. The Committee was particularly alarmed by accounts that traffickers may be using the “care home system for vulnerable children as holding pens for their victims until they are ready to pick them up”. Recent research conducted by the Child Exploitation & Online Protection centre (CEOP) has also confirmed that the number of child victims of trafficking who go missing from local authority care is significant.

Key agencies anticipate a rise in the number of children trafficked into the UK around the London Olympic Games, which begin on 27 July. Therefore, it is imperative that practitioners understand the principles of safe accommodation and associated risks for this vulnerable group of children. 

 Workshop outline:
This workshop will develop practitioners' knowledge and skills about the essential need for safe accommodation of children trafficked into and around the UK. Participants will gain a comprehensive understanding of the complex needs of these children. The workshop will reflect on current accommodation provisions (see ECPAT UK’s 2011 ‘On the Safe Side’ report) and will include the experiences of child victims of trafficking in the UK.

Programme:
Law and definitions of child trafficking
Key safeguarding issues
Indicators that a child may have been trafficked/exploited
Impact of trafficking on children’s development
  Devising risk assessments

Cost:
  £60 per participant
(Includes refreshments/light lunch/event materials)

     Please click here for a booking form

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Introduction to Child Trafficking
(one-day course, 9.45am-4pm, ECPAT UK National Training Centre, London)

26 April 2012 [event reference number: 260412]

24 May 2012 [event reference number: 240512]

26 June 2012 [event reference number: 260612]

This is an introductory course and is aimed at those in regular contact with children and young people including: social care, education and health professionals; foster carers and residential staff; police and Youth Offending Teams; housing; UK Borders Agency; Trading Standards and Environmental Health; and volunteers. The course will give participants basic knowledge of the issues surrounding children who may have been trafficked, into and within the UK. Participants will gain a better understanding of how to identify, protect and support child victims of trafficking.

Cost:
  £75 per participant
(Includes refreshments/light lunch/event materials)

  Please click here for a booking form

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Advanced Course in Child Trafficking
(one-day course, 9.45am-4pm, ECPAT UK National Training Centre, London)

12 June 2012 [event reference number: 120612]

This course builds on the introductory course and develops understanding of specific practice issues, including risk assessment models, age assessments and missing children. The course will further develop participants understanding of the special protection and care needs of child victims of trafficking.

Cost:
£75 per participant
(Includes refreshments/light lunch/event materials)

Please click here for a booking form

ECPAT UK is a registered children's rights charity working to prevent child exploitation and to protect children in tourism and child victims of trafficking. We work directly with child victims of trafficking who help inform our not-for-profit training for professionals.

Training will be held at the ECPAT UK National Training Centre in Victoria, central London. The ECPAT UK National Training Centre is located at Grosvenor Gardens House, 35-37 Grosvenor Gardens, London SW1W 0BS (5th floor, Suite 191-192) - two minutes' walk from Victoria underground, train and/or coach station

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For more information on training, contact [e-mail] or visit the ECPAT UK training page.