MODERN SLAVERY AND HUMAN TRAFFICKING STATEMENT
Introduction
This Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking Statement is a response to Section 54(1), Part 6 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 and relates to actions and activities for the financial year ending 31 March 2023.
RGD Care Solutions Ltd (‘the Company’, ‘we’, ‘us’ or ‘our’) is committed to preventing slavery and human trafficking violations in its own operations, its supply chain, and its products. We have zero-tolerance towards slavery and require our supply chain to comply with our values.
Organisational structure
RGD Care Solutions Ltd has business operations in the United Kingdom.
We operate in the healthcare agency recruitment sector. The nature of our supply chains is as follows: We work with a number of key healthcare facilities, care homes and hospitals by providing emergency healthcare professionals, care, and support workers on day-to-day, block booking or long-term basis.
For more information about the Company, please visit our website: https://rgd-care.com.
Policies
We operate a number of internal policies to ensure that we are conducting business in an ethical and transparent manner.
These include the following:
Recruitment and selection policy – We follow ethical recruitment and selection policy in compliance with the UK Home Office regulations, Labour Law and relevant Parliamentary Acts.
Supplier code of conduct – We maintain a code of conduct which ensures staff are properly onboarded and officially contracted as required under the most current Conduct of Employment Agencies (AWR), Human Trafficking and Human Rights legislation.
Whistleblowing policy – We ensure that our staff are properly trained and inducted before their first shift not minding their previous experience in the industry. This ensures appropriate communication of all the provisions under the Skills For Health Framework including whistleblowing and radicalisation policy. Our staff have the obligation to say something when they see something.
Staff code of conduct – We maintain a code of conduct which ensures staff are properly onboarded and contracted as required under the most current Conduct of Employment Agencies (AWR) legislation.
Procurement policy – We maintain a code of conduct which ensures staff are properly onboarded and officially contracted as required under the most current Conduct of Employment Agencies (AWR), Human Trafficking and Human Rights legislation.
Safeguarding policy – We ensure that our staff are properly trained and inducted before their first shift not minding their previous experience in the industry. This ensures appropriate communication of all the provisions under the Skills For Health Framework including safeguarding (children and adults), control of substances hazardous to health, manual handling and health and safety legislation.
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We make sure our suppliers are aware of our policies and adhere to the same standards.
Due Diligence
As part of our efforts to monitor and reduce the risk of slavery and human trafficking occurring in our supply chains, we have adopted the following due diligence procedures:
Internal supplier audits.
External supplier audits.
Our due diligence procedures aim to:
Identify and action potential risks in our business and supply chains.
Monitor potential risks in our business and supply chains
Reduce the risk of slavery and human trafficking occurring in our business and supply chains. Provide protection for whistleblowers.
Risk and compliance
The Company has evaluated the nature and extent of its exposure to the risk of slavery and human trafficking occurring in its UK supply chain through:
Evaluating the slavery and human trafficking risks of each new supplier.
Creating an annual risk profile for key suppliers.
Reviewing on a regular basis all aspects of the supply chain based on supply chain mapping.
We do not consider that we operate in a high-risk environment because the business operates in this risk-level environment because of the mandatory right to work, eg the majority of our supply chain is based in the UK and already in possession of the right to work by the virtue of their statuses, such as postgraduate students and dependants.
We do not tolerate slavery and human trafficking in our supply chains. Where there is evidence of failure to comply with our policies and procedures by any of our suppliers, we will require that supplier to remedy the non-compliance.
Effectiveness
The Company uses Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to measure its effectiveness and ensure that slavery and human trafficking is not taking place in its business and supply chains. These KPIs are as follows:
We will contact suppliers to enquire about their modern slavery practices every 12 months.
We will train our staff about modern slavery issues and increase awareness within the Company. We will carry out a regular audit of suppliers – 100% of suppliers each year.
Training our staff
The Company requires its staff to complete training and ongoing refresher courses on slavery and human trafficking. The Company’s training covers:
How to identify the signs of slavery and human trafficking.
What initial steps should be taken if slavery or human trafficking is suspected.
How to escalate potential slavery or human trafficking issues to the relevant parties within the Company.
What external help is available.
What steps the Company should take if suppliers in its supply chain do not implement anti-slavery policies in highrisk scenarios, including their removal from the Company’s supply chain.
Next steps
In the next financial year, we intend to take the following steps to tackle slavery and human trafficking by:
The statement was approved by the board of directors.
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Olawale Oni, Director
RGD Care Solutions Ltd
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