West Midlands Anti-Slavery Network: NRM Explanatory Document
With funding from the West Midlands OPCC via the Modern Slavery Police Transformation Unit in 2019, West Midlands Anti-Slavery Network have produced a multi lingual explanatory document which explains in detail, the National Referral Mechanism (NRM) for use by First Responders for survivors of Modern Slavery at the point of identification in the West Midlands. It will include realistic and accurate information from professionals about the process a survivor could expect if they were to consent to an NRM referral and the potential outcomes and opportunities if they decided not to consent to an NRM referral.
Although training on the NRM referral form itself is already available, there is very little knowledge within First Responder Organisations (FRO) of what happens to a victim once a positive Reasonable Grounds Decision is made and what a survivors rights and entitlements are to support. Hence information provided to the survivor is often scant or inaccurate, leading to uninformed consent to enter the NRM.
The Need
This project is in response to the recognition that survivors sometimes consent and enter the NRM not fully understanding the process, sometimes having little to no understanding of what the future holds for them as a result. This is especially if the NRM and support options are not explained in sufficient detail at the point of identification and completion of the NRM form. It’s also known that some survivors do not know they are in the NRM and even potentially did not have the capacity to consent in the first instance. Some survivors are going missing from care and support providers days after they enter the NRM, for reasons including what they consented to when referring is not the reality of what they are given on arrival.
Implementation
Will be by way of two planned awareness and training sessions together with the OPCC, West Midlands Police, Police Transformation Program, Public Health England, the West Midlands MSHT Strategic Board and the West Midlands Anti-Slavery Network
The English version of the NRM document was launched on the 19th October 2020 and the translated versions are being made available in the coming weeks.
English Version
Bulgarian Version
Chinese Version
Lithuanian Version
Vietnamese Version
Slovakian Version
Latvian version
Romanian Version
Albanian Version
Polish Version
Roma Version
