Modern slavery training provided to staff - Find a freedom of information request

Provide the following information on the modern slavery training you offer to staff:

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

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?)

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

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

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

6. 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)

1. Lincolnshire County Council (LCC) has an e-learning course called Tackling Exploitation and Modern Slavery in Lincolnshire, which is mandatory for all LCC staff.

2.

* What is exploitation

* What is Modern Slavery

* What to look out for

* What to do next

* Keeping yourself safe

3. Yes.

4. E-Learning.

5. This information is not held as the length of the e-learning course may differ for each individual employee.

6.

- 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 - No.

-How people with protected characteristics (for example, people of different genders, ages, sexualities, nationalities, and those who are disabled) may experience exploitation – LCC’s E-Learning module contains themes surrounding Child Exploitation and Adult 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) - No.