Sutton’s Procedures on
Trafficked Children
Howard Baines
Social Work & LSCB Consultant
Interim Sutton LSCB Development Officer
Sutton LSCB
• London Safeguarding Trafficked Children
Guidance & Toolkit – adopted by Sutton LSCB
• Think ‘trafficked children’
• Improve public awareness of issues (e.g. recent
statement by Sutton Council)
• Improve awareness across practitioners and
agency child protection leads
• ‘Eyes & Ears’ - develop a local training
programme to include briefings for other
services that may become aware of trafficked
children
• Procedures: www.suttonlscb.org.uk
Revised &
Published
October 2011
Safeguarding Trafficked
Children Toolkit
Risk Assessment Matrix for assessing risk of
to a child harm through trafficking
Sutton LSCB
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‘Golden hour’ – act promptly
Consult agency child protection lead
Complete Risk Assessment Matrix
Referral to Children’s Social Care if threshold
met for a child suffering or at risk of suffering
significant harm (020 8770 4263/4343, out of
hours: 020 8770 5000)
• Local Trafficked Children Lead (Lissa-Marie
Minnis, RAS Team Manager, 020 8770 4013)
• Sutton LSCB propose to undertake case audit of
all trafficked children identified in Sutton