Modern Slavery

 Introduction

Faith Home Care Limited is a domiciliary care agency that has been running for over three years. We are primarily located in Mid and South Essex with possible branches opened in other parts of the UK. We boast a staff capacity of approximately 40 care workers and provide care services to over 60 service users. We are committed to providing quality care services to the elderly, those with disabilities – physical and mental, and those recently discharged from the hospital. We ensure all staff members are treated with care and respect and are trained to a high standard.

In line with our Values, and to comply with current legislation, we have the following policy with regard to Modern Slavery.

For period April 2023 to April 2024

This statement has been prepared in accordance with section 54 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015. It sets out Faith Home Care Limited’s policies to address all possible risks of modern slavery and ensures all actions to mitigate these risks are taken.

Our company is committed to preventing all types of modern slavery in all business and corporate undertakings and ensuring that its partners and suppliers are free from modern slavery. As part of the health and care sector, we recognize that we have a responsibility to take a decisive approach to modern slavery and these have been mentioned in our policies below.

Policy Statement

Modern Slavery is a crime that results in an abhorrent abuse of human rights. The Modern Slavery Act 2015, referred to as the Act, created offences of slavery, servitude and financial or compulsory labour.

Definitions of Modern Slavery

Slavery, in accordance with the 1926 Slavery Convention, is the status or condition of a person over whom all or any of the powers attaching to the right of ownership are exercised. Since legal ownership of a person is not possible, the key element of slavery is the behaviour on the part of the offender as if he or she did own the person, which deprives the victim of their freedom.

Servitude in the obligation to provide services that is imposed by the use of coercion and includes the obligation of a serf to live on another person’s property and the impossibility of changing his or her condition.

The Policy

Forced or Compulsory Labour

This is defined in international labour law by the International Labour Organisations (ILO) Forced Labour Convention 29 and Protocol. It involves coercion, either direct threats of violence or more subtle forms of compulsion. The key elements are that, work or service is exacted from any person under the menace of any penalty and for which the person has not offered him/herself voluntarily

Human Trafficking

An offence of human trafficking requires that a person arranges or facilitates the travel of another person with a view to that person being exploited. The offence can be committed even where the victim consents to travel. This reflects the fact that a victim may be deceived by the promise of a better life or job, or may be a child who is influenced to travel by an adult. In addition, the exploitation of potential victim does not need to have taken place for the offence to be committed. It means that the arranging or facilitating of the movement of the individual was with a view of exploiting them for sexual exploitation or non-sexual exploitation.

Child Labour

This is defined by the ILO as children under 12 years working in any economic activity, those aged 12-14 engaged in more than light work, and all children engaged in the worst forms of child labour. 

Small Businesses

For small businesses such as ours, awareness is the key to ensuring that this policy reflects the standards and ethical considerations we apply to our supply chain. We have in place:

• Due diligence checks to identify and assess potential risk areas such as agency staffing.

• The monitoring of potential risks in our supply chains by checking our supplier’s commitment to modern slavery prevention.

• A robust recruitment and selection process to mitigate the risks of modern slavery entering our workforce.

Approval for this statement 

This statement was approved by the Registered Manager of the company on 30th May 2023.