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.
is committed to preventing slavery Group Of Professionals and Virtual Teachers (GPVT) (‘the Company’, ‘we’, ‘us’ or ‘our’)
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
Group Of Professionals and Virtual Teachers and has business operations in the United Kingdom.
We operate in the Social Care sector. The nature of our supply chains is as follows: ‘We work with a number of key direct
suppliers, who provide us with member benefit products and services, such as outsourced business processes, IT software
and marketing services.
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:
- Code of Ethics The GPVT Code of Ethics is series of 4 over-arching principles that all social care workers
should abide by, when carrying out their roles as a social care professional
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:
- Checking certain suppliers with external third parties for any slavery or human trafficking risks.
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.
Risk and compliance
The Company has evaluated the nature and extent of its exposure to the risk of slavery and human trafficking occurring in
UK supply chain through:its
- Evaluating the slavery and human trafficking risks of each new supplier.
We consider that we operate in a high-risk environment becausedo not The business operates in this risk level environment
because the majority of our supply chain is based in the UK and in low-risk industries, such as internet software and
services..
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 seek to terminate our relationship with that supplier
.immediately
Effectiveness
The Company uses Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to measure its effectiveness and ensure that slavery and human
business and supply chains. These KPIs are as follows: trafficking is not taking place in its business and supply chains. These KPIs are as follows:
- We will train our staff about modern slavery issues and increase awareness within the Company
Training our staff
The Company requires its staff to complete training and ongoing refresher courses on slavery and human trafficking. The
training covers:Company’s
- 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 high-risk scenarios, including their removal from the Company’s supply chain.