Saen El-Tara Care Services Ltd is committed to preventing modern slavery and human trafficking in all aspects of our business and supply chains. We recognise that adult social care presents specific workforce and safeguarding risks and we take a proactive approach to identifying, preventing and responding to exploitation.

This statement sets out our approach for the financial year ending 2025/26.

Our Organisation, Structure and Supply Chains

Saen El-Tara Care Services Ltd is a UK-registered provider of regulated adult social care services. We deliver:

• Domiciliary (home) care

• Extra care services

• Outreach support

• Reablement services

• Supported Living

We provide services to adults with care and support needs, including older people, individuals with physical disabilities, learning disabilities and mental health needs.

Our Structure

We operate as a limited company under UK law. The Registered Manager and Directors provide governance oversight. Safeguarding and workforce compliance are overseen by senior management.

Our Workforce Model

We primarily employ care staff directly. Where agency staff are used, this is limited and subject to verification checks. We do not subcontract regulated activity without a formal agreement and due diligence.

Our Supply Chains

Our supply chains are limited and typically include:

• Recruitment services

• Training providers

• IT systems and software providers

• Uniform and equipment suppliers

• Agency staffing providers

We do not operate internationally and do not have overseas subsidiaries. Where overseas recruitment is used, it is conducted in compliance with UK immigration law and sponsor licence requirements.

Our Policies in Relation to Slavery and Human Trafficking

We operate a zero-tolerance approach to modern slavery and exploitation.

Our policies supporting this include:

• Modern Slavery Policy and Procedure

• Safeguarding Adults Policy

• Safer Recruitment Policy

• Whistleblowing Policy

• Disciplinary Policy

• Equality and Diversity Policy

Modern slavery is explicitly recognised as a safeguarding issue within our Safeguarding Policy.

We ensure staff understand that labour exploitation, coercion, debt bondage, trafficking and abuse are safeguarding concerns and must be reported immediately.

Due Diligence Processes in Our Business and Supply Chains

Workforce Due Diligence

All employees undergo:

• Identity verification

• Right-to-work checks

• Visa verification (where applicable)

• Visual checks of original documentation

• Enhanced DBS checks

• Employment history verification

• References

• Interview suitability assessment

We do not retain employee passports or original documents. Employees are free to leave employment in accordance with their contract and employment law.

Where we sponsor overseas workers, we comply fully with Home Office sponsor licence requirements and conduct additional checks to ensure no recruitment fees or debt bondage arrangements exist.

Supplier and Agency Due Diligence

Before engaging agencies or key suppliers, we:

• Confirm legal registration status

• Confirm compliance with UK employment law

• Require confirmation of anti-slavery compliance

• Ensure contracts contain clauses prohibiting forced labour and exploitation

We monitor agency relationships and reserve the right to terminate arrangements where compliance concerns arise.

Risk Assessment and Risk Management

We recognise that social care carries specific modern slavery risks, including:

• Overseas recruitment vulnerability

• Debt bondage through third-party recruiters

• Exploitation of low-paid care workers

• Coercion within agency staffing arrangements

• Risk of exploitation within live-in or isolated care settings

Risk Mitigation Measures

To manage these risks, we:

• Conduct robust right-to-work and visa checks

• Prohibit recruitment fees to employees

• Maintain open reporting routes via whistleblowing

• Provide safeguarding training, including exploitation indicators

• Monitor workforce turnover and unexplained absences

• Supervise and support lone workers

• Conduct spot audits of documentation

Risk is reviewed annually by senior management.

Effectiveness and Performance Indicators

We measure effectiveness through:

• 100% right-to-work compliance for all staff

• 100% DBS compliance for regulated roles

• 100% completion of mandatory safeguarding training

• Annual review of supplier compliance

• Monitoring and recording of whistleblowing reports

• Zero confirmed incidents of labour exploitation within our workforce

Where incidents or concerns arise, we review learning and update controls accordingly.

This statement and associated policies are reviewed annually by senior management.

Training and Capacity Building

All staff receive safeguarding training at induction and annually thereafter. This includes:

• Recognising indicators of modern slavery and trafficking

• Understanding labour exploitation risks in care

• Reporting procedures and whistleblowing protections

• Understanding coercion and control indicators

• Safe recruitment awareness for managers

Managers receive additional training on:

• Visa compliance

• Sponsor licence responsibilities (if applicable)

• Escalation procedures

We foster a culture where staff feel safe raising concerns without fear of reprisal.

Approval

This statement has been approved by the Directors of Saen El-Tara Care Services Ltd and will be reviewed annually.

Signed:  Dr Iyamu Ighodaro (April 2025)