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Protecting Missing Children: A Comprehensive Approach to Safety and Support

This resource focuses on the policy and support framework for vulnerable young people who go missing, with a specific emphasis on children missing from home or care. It provides a national perspective, local approaches, and future developments in addressing the associated risks and providing safeguarding measures.

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Protecting Missing Children: A Comprehensive Approach to Safety and Support

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  1. Missing Children Lindsay Edwards • Vulnerable Young People Policy Lead for children missing from home. Mayank Joshi Head of Safeguarding Locality & Family Support for children missing from care www.hertssafeguarding.org.uk

  2. National Perspective • Greater focus on Children that go missing and associated risks. • All Party Parliamentary Group on Children who go missing from care (June 2012) • Children Commissioner Inquiry into Child Sexual Exploitation (Interim Report) • Recent cases

  3. Local Approach (1) • Hertfordshire Joint Protocol on Missing Children from Care & Home (2010) • Multi Agency Missing Persons Strategy Group • Multi Agency Missing Children Action Group (soon to incorporate CSE) • Safe and well checks • Return Interviews • Website and childrens leaflet

  4. Local Approach (2) • The Pledge to Looked After children • Fostering (Training and handbook) • Feed back from the Ofsted Thematic (August 2012)

  5. Missing children data

  6. MAMCAG data(Feb 2011-April 2012) • 43% of the high risk cases brought has resulted in no further missing episodes • 12% of the cases heard have resulted in only one further missing episode • Ten of the cases (19%) were repeat MAMCAG cases previously heard during this period. • The 14-15year age range make up the highest number of high risk referrals (73%) and female cases have made up 75% of all cases referred.

  7. Future Developments • Strategic group Development plan • Improved analysis of return interviews

  8. Child Sexual Exploitation Jon Chapman HSCB Business Manager www.hertssafeguarding.org.uk

  9. National Context • Department for Education cross agency action plan (December 2011) • Children Commissioner call for evidence (January 2012) • Report by the University of Bedfordshire • National cases

  10. Local Response (1) • CSE action plan developed and led by IOG - Education - Prevention - Intelligence - Communication - Strategy

  11. Local Response (2) • Local Workshops • Multi Agency training events • Awareness campaign - Professionals - Parents/Carers - Young People • Updated Strategy

  12. Future Developments • Awareness hotels via police • Awareness licensed taxi businesses via district councils • Working with victims to raise awareness.

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