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<p>There are no plans to update the practice guidance ‘Safeguarding children who may
have been trafficked’. The revised statutory guidance ‘The care of unaccompanied asylum
seeking and trafficked children’ will be published this autumn.</p><p>The training
for foster carers and support workers that DfE commissioned from the Refugee Council
and ECPAT enables those caring for unaccompanied and trafficked children to understand
the challenges and risks facing these children, and equips participants with the knowledge
and tools to respond effectively to their needs. Participants were also provided with
access to an e-learning course to help recognise the needs of child and adult victims
of trafficking and guidance on actions carers and professionals should take to identify
and safeguard victims.</p><p>Foster carers and support workers attended training courses
located in 48 local authorities (see list below). Training was not limited to carers
from those authorities.</p><p>The forthcoming safeguarding strategy for unaccompanied
asylum seeking and refugee children will address the need for any additional training
required by foster carers and support workers to care for children who are, or might
be, victims of human trafficking and exploitation.</p><p>Further to the training which
has recently commissioned, the statutory guidance on ‘The care of unaccompanied asylum
seeking and trafficked children’ states that “Everyone involved in the care of unaccompanied
and trafficked children should be trained to recognise and understand the particular
issues likely to be faced by these children. This includes recognising the indicators
of trafficking as a child’s previous history or current experience of being trafficked
might not be apparent on entering care."</p><p>List of local authorities where
the training by ECPAT and Refugee Council was located:</p><p>Bolton</p><p>Bournemouth</p><p>Bristol</p><p>Bromley</p><p>Cambridgeshire</p><p>Camden</p><p>Cheshire
East</p><p>Cornwall</p><p>Coventry</p><p>Croydon</p><p>Derbyshire</p><p>Devon</p><p>Doncaster</p><p>East
Riding</p><p>Essex</p><p>Gloucestershire</p><p>Hampshire</p><p>Haringey</p><p>Harrow</p><p>Hertfordshire</p><p>Kent</p><p>Lambeth</p><p>Lancashire</p><p>Leeds</p><p>Leicester
City</p><p>Leicestershire</p><p>Liverpool</p><p>Manchester</p><p>Medway</p><p>Merton</p><p>Middlesbrough</p><p>North
Somerset</p><p>North Tyneside</p><p>Northumberland</p><p>Nottingham City</p><p>Oldham</p><p>Sheffield</p><p>Shropshire</p><p>Somerset</p><p>Staffordshire</p><p>Suffolk</p><p>Sunderland</p><p>Thurrock</p><p>Walsall</p><p>Warrington</p><p>West
Sussex</p><p>Wiltshire</p><p>Worcestershire</p>
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