This report presents the findings from a short, small scale Home Office funded scoping review of
the practical care and safeguarding arrangements for trafficked children, and those who may
have been trafficked, who are in the local authority care system. Specifically the aims of the
review were to:
1 Assess the experiences of children identified as trafficked or suspected trafficked and
accommodated in local authority care
2 Assess mechanisms in place to support trafficked or suspected trafficked children and
the role of social workers, Independent Reviewing Officers (IROs) and other
professionals mapped as having had contact with the child in providing and accessing
care appropriate for them
3 Assess the multi-agency response in the context of best practice in child protection
and safeguarding as set out in the Home Office/Department for Education –
Safeguarding Children who may have been Trafficked Guidance
4 Identify good practice and areas for improvements.