ECPAT UK provides training on safeguarding child victims of trafficking for practitioners who work with or make decisions about children, or anyone who may come across children at risk of trafficking. Our courses range from introductory to specialist subject areas and can be tailored to meet the needs of the group.

ECPAT UK training workshops promote a multi agency approach, are inclusive, participatory and designed to encourage information sharing between individuals and organisations. ECPAT UK training follows the safeguarding framework for training as laid out in Working Together (2010).

Safeguarding Children: The Trafficked Children Toolkit (developed by the London Safeguarding Children Board)
Half day, 9.45am to 12.30pm

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This half-day course is designed for those with some knowledge of safeguarding children. The course will give you basic understanding of the issues surrounding children who may have been trafficked, into and within the UK.

You will gain a better understanding of how to identify and protect  child victims of trafficking. As well as developing practitioners’ knowledge base, the course also aims to ensure that responses to suspected victims follow local and national safeguarding procedures including the National Referral Mechanism and use of the Trafficked Children Toolkit.

Child Trafficking Training - for Groups 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 (Working Together training framework)
Target audience: This course is aimed at those in regular contact with children and young people, their parents/carers including:  social care, education and health professionals, foster carers and residential staff, police and YOT, housing, UKBA, Trading Standards and Environmental Health, and volunteers.

Aim of the course
To introduce participants to the subject of child trafficking and develop skills to enable better identification and risk assessment of children who may have been trafficked.

Learning outcomes
By the end of the session participants will be able:
•    To define the concept of child trafficking
•    To explain trafficking within the context of safeguarding children
•    To identify possible indicators that a child may have been trafficked using the Trafficked Children Toolkit
•    To recognise the obstacles and barriers that children face
•    To describe how Children’s Services respond to a suspected case of child trafficking