Missing From Home

This course is deliverd by practitioners from The Childen's Society's Manchester Missing Project, who work directly with children and young people who are vulnerable to going missing from home, and their parents and carers.

This course will provide participants with knowledge and practical skills to enable them to support their child or young person when they go missing from home. The workshop will explore what we mean by missing from home, why children go missing and what to do when this happens.

It will look at the role of the Police, Children's Services and The Children's Society's Missing Service in this situation and what the missing process entails.

Outcomes

• Increased understanding of what we mean by missing from home and reasons why children go missing.

• Understanding of the 'Missing From Home' process, what to do as a foster carer if a child goes missing, and knowledge of how to support a young person when they go missing from home.

• Understanding risks of missing from home and recognising indicators of exploitation.