MODERN SLAVERY STATMENT

Modern Slavery is a crime and a violation of fundamental human rights. It takes various forms, such as slavery, servitude, forced and compulsory labour and human trafficking all of which have in common the deprivation of a person's liberty by another in order to exploit them for personal or commercial gain. Amari Care Services Ltd. is committed to improving our practices to combat slavery and human trafficking. This statement is made pursuant to section 54 (1) of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 and constitutes Amari Care Services slavery and human trafficking statement. 

We are committed to improving our practices to ensure there is no modern slavery or human trafficking in our supply chains, recruitment process or in any part of our business. We believe in acting ethically and with integrity in all of our business relationships to ensure slavery and human trafficking is not taking place anywhere in our business.

OUR ORGANISATION 

Amari Care Services Ltd. provides care and support to adults. Placements into our services are funded by local authorities, clinical commissioning groups and other organisations in the health and social sector, as well as directly by the individuals we support themselves.

TRAINING

All training provided to new and exsisting staff ensures they are fully aware of the principles of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 and its impact on our activities.

POLICIES 

We operate the following polices to identify, mitigate and manage modern slavery riaks in our operation:

Whistleblowing policy - We encourage all of our workers, customers and othe business partners to report any concerns related to the direct activities, or the supply chains, of the organisation. This includes any circumstamces that may give rise to and enhanced risk of slavery and human trafficking. Our whistleblowing procedure is designed to make it easy for workers to make disclosures without fear of retaliation.

Employee code of conduct and employment rules - These make it clear to all of our employees the behaviour expected of them at all times when representing the company.

Recruitment policy - We conduct the proper recruitment checks on our staff which include ensuring that they have the right to work in the UK and their salary is paid direct to each individual's bank account. 

We expect our suppliers and any third parties who make referrals to us to comply with the principles of the Modern Slavery Act 2015.

We have a dedicated quality compliance team to support our practices and we have reviewed our policies and procedures in accordance with the Modern Slavery Act 2015.