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Conflict or Violence in the Home

Conflict or Violence in the Home

This section contains information about support with domestic violence, harmful parental conflict, emergency accommodation and many more sources of advice and information for families experiencing violence or conflict 

IMPORTANT: If you are at risk of injury or harm in your home, you can leave the house.  The government guidance is clear that you can do this and that the social distancing regulations do not apply if you need to leave the home to escape risk of injury or harm.  

Cuckooing

Cuckooing is the practice of taking over a person’s home, usually to establish a base for criminal activities. It is the term used when a person alleged to be causing harm uses the home of an adult at risk to handle cash proceeds of crime, to store and/or supply drugs, weapons or engage in other criminal activities, and is a form of criminal exploitation.

Camden has guidance and a procedure to follow if you are concerned a family, or one of their family members, is a victim of cuckooing. You can find this here ca806e07-c6b4-35f9-fcf6-e2763be21a78 (camden.gov.uk) and a flow chart for what to do here b2688248-eb09-21eb-3df4-5dcda8795ecd (camden.gov.uk).

If you are not sure of next steps, contact Adults Safeguarding MASH on 

If there are children in the house, you must also contact childrens MASH on [email protected] or ext 3317. 

 

Modern Day Slavery

Modern Day Slavery is the illegal exploitation of adults and children. It is defined within the Modern Slavery Act 2015 as offences of slavery, servitude and forced or compulsory labour, and human trafficking.

The Care Act 2014 introduced modern slavery as a separate category of abuse for adults. It recognises exploitation and specifically slavery and human trafficking, as a “form of abuse and neglect”.

Modern slavery can often be linked to other forms of exploitation and crime, such as cuckooing and county lines.

There are many possible indicators of modern slavery and you can read more about them here Indicators of modern day slavery | Practice Guide (camden.gov.uk)

If you are concerned that either a child, a parent, or a family member might be a victim of modern slavery, or be at risk of modern slavery, please follow the guidance on this flow chart modern-day-slavery-guidance-flow-chart.docx (live.com)

 

Where can I find out more? 

You can read more about modern slavery and cuckooing on the adult social care practice guide pages here  Modern Day Slavery and Cuckooing | Practice Guide (camden.gov.uk)

 

Last updated: 23 January 2024