NSPCC National Child Trafficking Advice Centre (CTAC)
CTAC is a specialist service providing information and advice to any professional working with children or young people who may have been trafficked into the UK
How to contact CTAC
If you work with a child who may have been trafficked contact us for advice and information on
0808 800 5000 Monday to Friday 9.30am to 4.30pm or email
help@nspcc.org.uk.
The NSPCC also has trained counsellors who can offer expert help, advice and support on any aspect of child welfare 24/7. Call
0808 800 5000, text
88858, email
help@nspcc.org.uk or complete our
online reporting form.
If you think a child is in immediate danger call the emergency services on
999 or call the NSPCC on
0808 800 5000.
What happens when you call CTAC? and other FAQs
To find out about the service provided by CTAC, how we support professionals, what types of calls we receive and what happens after you contact us,
read our frequently asked questions about CTAC.
CTAC leaflets
Our series of leaflets provide information and advice to help professionals to identify and respond to a child who may have been trafficked.
Child trafficking is child abuse (PDF, 444KB)
Leaflet for all professionals explaining the reasons that children are trafficked and CTAC's work.
Stop child trafficking in its tracks: advice for A&E department and walk-in clinic staff (PDF, 431KB)
Leaflet for accident and emergency (A&E) and walk-in clinic staff covering the signs that a child may have been trafficked and offering advice on how to respond to concerns.
Stop child trafficking in its tracks: advice for social workers (PDF, 431KB)
Leaflet for social workers offering advice on what to do if there are concerns that a child has been trafficked.
Stop child trafficking in its tracks: advice for health visitors (PDF, 410KB)
Leaflet for health visitors covering the signs that a child may have been trafficked and offering advice on how to respond to concerns.
Stop child trafficking in its tracks: advice for police (PDF, 273KB)
Leaflet for police. Sets out the difficulties of identifying a trafficked child and what to do if you are concerned a child has been trafficked.
Stop child trafficking in its tracks: advice for youth offending practitioners (PDF, 381KB)
Leaflet for youth offending practitioners covering the signs that a child may have been trafficked and offering advice on how to respond to concerns.
CTAC and the National Referral Mechanism (NRM)
CTAC is a first responder so we can refer a child into the National Referral Mechanism (NRM), the UK process for identifying and supporting victims of trafficking.
Find out more about the National Referral Mechanism.
CTAC responses to call for evidence
NSPCC written evidence to the Joint Committee on Human Rights inquiry into the human rights of unaccompanied migrant children and young people in the UK (PDF, 132KB)
October 2012
NSPCC response to All Party Parliamentary Group for Runaway and Missing Children and Adults (PDF, 519KB)
April 2012
CTAC in Northern Ireland
A Memorandum of Understanding between the NSPCC’s National Child Trafficking Advice Centre (CTAC) and the Health and Social Care Board (HSB) and the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) (PDF, 148KB)
Sets out how the HSB for NI and the PSNI will seek to raise awareness of the role and work of the NSPCC’s CTAC service for professionals who come into contact with children and young people who may have been trafficked or are at risk of being trafficked.
Child trafficking
For information on how to identify a trafficked child, news and current developments on research, policy and practice, key publications, legislation and procedures,
visit our child trafficking topics page.
If you work with a child who may have been trafficked contact the NSPCC National Child Trafficking Advice Centre (CTAC) for advice and information: Monday to Friday 9.30am to 4.30pm
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