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Modern Slavery Act 2015

 

King Edward House Statement

April 2024

Section 54 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 requires commercial organisations carrying out business in the UK, with a turnover of at least £36 million, to prepare and publish a slavery and human trafficking statement for each and every financial year.

 

While an organisation with a turnover of less than the legal requirement to publish a statement, King Edward House is deeply committed to the principles of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 and the abolition of modern slavery and human trafficking. As such King Edward House has produced this voluntary statement in line with section 54(1) of the Modern Slavery Act 2015.

 

About King Edward House

 

Founded in 1988, King Edward House is a residential care home in the village of Ash, near Sandwich in Kent. It provides care and support to adults with dementia, age related disorders, learning disabilities and palliative care.

 

Find out more about King Edward House Residential Care Home.

 

King Edward House is within the same organisational group as Your Life Your Home, which provides domiciliary support to adults with learning disabilities in a single setting in Ash.

 

Find out more about Your Life Your Home.

 

Our commitment to the principles of the Modern Slavery Act 2015

 

The following are the steps King Edward House has taken and continues to take to understand and minimise the potential risk of modern slavery in its business and supply chains.

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King Edward House is an equal opportunities employer, committed to creating and ensuring an inclusive, non-discriminatory and respectful working environment for all staff.

 

All staff should feel confident that they can expose wrongdoing without any risk to themselves, which is reflected in the Whistleblowing and Safeguarding Policies – the latter details all types of abuse including Modern Slavery. Annual all-staff training on Safeguarding additionally includes Modern Slavery, it’s signs and symptoms.

King Edward House’s recruitment and people management processes are designed to ensure that all prospective employees are legally entitled to work in the UK, and to safeguard employees from any abuse or coercion.

 

King Edward House does not enter into business with any organisation, in the UK or abroad, which knowingly supports or is found to be involved in slavery, servitude and forced or compulsory labour.

 

Our supply chain

 

Due to the nature of its business, King Edward House assesses itself to have a low risk of modern slavery in its business and supply chains. King Edward House’s supply chains are limited. Goods and services are procured from a limited range of trusted and established UK suppliers.

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Our policies in relation to the Modern Slavery Act 2015

 

The following policies are available to all King Edward House staff, who have read and been tested on their contents. Hard copies of the policies are available for unfettered access in the Main Office:

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  • Equality policy

  • Whistleblowing policy

  • Bullying and harassment policy

  • Safeguarding policy

  • Recruitment policy

 

Embedding the principles

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King Edward House will continue to embed the principles through:

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  • providing awareness training to staff on the Modern Slavery Act 2015 and informing them of the appropriate action to take if they suspect a case of slavery or human trafficking;

  • ensuring that consideration of the modern slavery risks and prevention are added to King Edward House’s policy review process as an employer and procurer of goods and services;

  • continuing to embed a zero-tolerance policy towards modern slavery;

  • ensuring that staff involved in buying or procurement and the recruitment and deployment of workers receive training on modern slavery and ethical employment practices.

 

This statement has been approved by Rex Cadman, Proprietor, for the financial year ending 31 March 2024.

 

This statement will be reviewed and updated every year.

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