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FOI request (FOIR-669476657)
Modern slavery training at the council
Requested Tue 10 December 2024
Responded Thu 19 December 2024Please consider this a request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. provide the following information on the modern slavery training you offer to staff:
• 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'
• 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?)
• Is your modern slavery training open to all staff?
• Which of the following training formats do you offer?:
e-learning / on-demand module,
classroom learning (remote or in-person), or webinar/guest talk. If webinar/guest talk or classroom learning, please share when these trainings have taken place within the past two years.
• What is the duration of the training (if you have access to this information)?
• Does the training contain any of the following themes? Please highlight which are covered:
- Survivors’ immigration status
- Changes under the Nationality and Borders Act 2022
- How to secure legal representation or emergency accommodation/support for potential victims
- How to complete a National Referral Mechanism (NRM) referral form -How people with protected characteristics (for example, people of different genders, ages, sexualities, nationalities, and those who are disabled) may experience exploitation
- 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)
Response
Yes, Hastings Borough Council offers stand alone Modern Slavery Training on our eLearning portal a well as a variety of webinars available including Modern Slavery Update - Corporate Reporting Obligations, Compliance & More, An Advanced Guide to the Modern Slavery Act.
The eLearning course is a general course but the webinars are more specific and detailed, both the course and webinars are open to all staff.
The training is via eLearning but any specific training requests for further training are considered on an individual basis; the webinars are online courses; The eLearning course is 10 minutes long and the webinars vary in length; All of the themes mentioned will be referred to and clarified in one or more of the webinars whereas the eLearning course is a short, generalised course but not as detailed as the webinars.
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