The scheme will be used to test whether determining if a child is a victim of modern slavery within existing safeguarding structures is a more appropriate model for making modern slavery decisions for children, Home Office guidance states.
Currently, when children are referred to the National Referral Mechanism – the UK’s system for officially recognising victims of trafficking – decisions about whether or not they are a victim are made by Home Office officials.
However, in areas where the 12-month pilot is set to be launched later this month decisions about whether a child is a victim will be made by the local safeguarding partners of social workers, police and health services.
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