Training and Advisory

Anti-Slavery Australia can partner with you and your organisation to raise awareness about modern slavery, train and build the capacity of your team on how to recognise and respond to modern slavery in their roles, and help you to develop or more tightly focus your modern slavery response.

We have a track record of delivering excellence and have been leading Australia’s anti-slavery movement since 2003.

Based at the University of Technology Sydney, our research and survivor-informed, human-rights based approach has been recognised by government, business, frontline service providers and community partners.

We are recognised as a professional and trustworthy source of information and advice.

We have extensive experience partnering with and training frontline and community workers, government officials, law enforcement, private sector employees as well as students and educators.

As a not-for-profit organisation, Anti-Slavery Australia uses proceeds from our training and advisory services to enable us to continue provide nationwide, free, legal and migration services to survivors of modern slavery in Australia.

Modern Slavery Training and Advisory

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Bespoke Training

Modern Slavery Act Advisory

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Informed by our research, advocacy and the thousands of hours of training we have delivered as well as our work with survivors, we have developed informative and engaging online courses available on UTS Open.

These self-paced courses allow you the flexibility to complete the courses anytime and anywhere.

We can also partner with you to develop bespoke elearning courses for your staff, either on UTS Open or for your Learning Management System.

A Practical Guide to the Modern Slavery Act online course

Learn about the Australian modern slavery reporting requirements set out in Australia’s Modern Slavery Act.

It is specifically designed to provide practical guidance on the supply chain reporting requirements set out in the Act.

You will develop a better understand of potential modern slavery risks within your organisation’s operations and supply chains.

This is a self-paced, online course and takes approximately 1 hour to complete.

What this course covers:

• What is modern slavery?
• Modern slavery in business operations and supply chains
• Australian modern slavery reporting requirements
• Responding to modern slavery in Australia

Certificates of completion are available.

Who this course is for: people with responsibility for their organisation’s modern slavery response, executive directors, people and performance managers, procurement, sustainability and not-for-profit professionals, lawyers, suppliers and government officials.

    Modern Slavery online course

    Learn about all the types of modern slavery through case studies and examples – human trafficking, slavery, servitude, forced labour, debt bondage, deceptive recruitment, the worst forms of child labour, and forced marriage.

    You will also develop a better understanding of how we all intersect with modern slavery in our daily lives and what you can do about it.

    This is a free, online, self-paced course and takes approximately 2-4 hours to complete.

    What this course covers:

    • What is modern slavery?
    • Types of modern slavery
    • Who is responsible for addressing modern slavery?
    • What can you do?

    Who this course is for: high school students, university students, community workers, front line responders, educators, and Australian community members who want to learn more about modern slavery, human rights and social justice issues.

    Modern Slavery in the Home online course

    Learn how modern slavery can take place in a home, and between family members including forced marriage, domestic servitude and human trafficking.

    You will learn how to recognise common signs and indicators, navigate difficult conversations, and provide appropriate support and referrals.

    This is a free, online, self-paced course and takes approximately 30-45 minutes to complete.

    What this course covers:

    • What modern slavery in the home looks like
    • Who is at risk of modern slavery in the home
    • The different types of modern slavery in the home, including forced marriage, domestic servitude and human trafficking
    • Common signs and indicators
    • What to do if you come across a person affected by modern slavery
    • Referral options for people affected by modern slavery.

    Who this course is for: community and frontline workers who are looking to build their capacity around modern slavery issues. This includes people working in: schools and universities; health, including mental health and disability; youth work; domestic and family violence; migrant and refugee settlement; and faith leadership.

    Bespoke Training

    We can partner with you to develop customised training to meet your organisation’s needs – whether that is for your enterprise, Board, suppliers, or particular teams such as your procurement team or modern slavery working group.

    Our interactive training options help participants to develop their knowledge and competence on modern slavery. Informed by research and our almost two decades of work with survivors, we utilise case studies and discussion to encourage embedded learning and build participants’ capacity to respond to modern slavery risks in operations and supply chains.

    Our bespoke training options include: webinars, face-to-face training and customised online courses in SCORM for your Learning Management System.

    Example workshop

    • understand modern slavery
    • understand and know how to apply Australian modern slavery legislation, and other relevant standards and safeguards
    • identify modern slavery risks in operations and supply chains
    • develop an action plan to address the modern slavery supply chain mandatory criteria
    • learn about the business and human rights framework set out in the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights with a particular focus on due diligence and remediation
    • learn about examples of collaboration with civil society and businesses
    • learn how to respond when people in or at risk of modern slavery are identified
    • discover ways to harness good practice

    Our training programs can be delivered online, in-house at the UTS campus in Sydney, or at your workplace.

    Example course for your Learning Management System

      Example course for your Learning Management System

        • What is modern slavery?
        • Differences and similarities between modern slavery and labour abuses
        • Modern slavery risks in business – in the workplace, operations, and supply chains
        • Industry, sector and/or workplace-specific case studies and examples
        • Responding to modern slavery including company policies and processes.

        Modern Slavery Act Advisory

        Anti-Slavery Australia can support your organisation to review, assess and address modern slavery risks in your operations and supply chains. This includes: helping you to develop or enhance your modern slavery response, reviewing your Modern Slavery Statement, or being a critical friend to your organisation’s modern slavery response.