Safeguarding of children arriving in Wigan is a priority for Wigan Safeguarding Children’s Board and the Vulnerable Young Persons Sub Group.

Partners including the police, immigration services and colleagues in our Children’s Social Duty Team who endeavour to safeguard young people who may be victims of trafficking and/or other forms of exploitation.

WSCB has adopted the GM Common Approach on Missing Children, and has developed a process for better identifying children who are missing from education.
Wigan have been working closely with the UK Border Agency (UKBA), who joined the Vulnerable Young Persons Sub Group

WSCB are delivering extensive multi-agency training on child trafficking. The courses provide practical information about the risks young people face, identification in relation to behaviour, how to over come mistrust from the young person, assessment of risk and planning. It is expected that this training will further strengthen the inter-agency safeguarding work.

Click here for Trafficking Protocol - PDF Document (263KB)

Click here for Trafficking Training Document - PDF Document (1.75MB)