Missing children and the links to exploitation (safeguarding training course)
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Overview
This course is part of the safeguarding training programme.
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Course aims
- To offer participants an opportunity to develop their understanding of the prevalence of missing episodes and the associated risk of exploitation to children and young people
- To provide delegates with a strong understanding of why young people go missing and the intrinsic link to child exploitation
Course learning outcomes
By the end of the session participants will:
- Have an increased knowledge of the purpose of Return Home Interviews and what they achieve and contribute to
- Have a greater understanding of the appropriate responses to a child who has been missing
- Be able to recognise the significant connection between missing and child exploitation
- Have an improved view of the local and national picture in relation to missing
- Have an increased understanding of local process, for example The MSET Framework
Times, dates and venues
Dates:
- Tuesday 18 June 2024 at 9.30am to 4pm (Jarrow Focus)
- Thursday 24 October 2024 at 9.30am to 4pm (Jarrow Focus)
- Monday 27 January 2025 at 9.30am to 4pm (Jarrow Focus)
Delivered by: Gemma Doherty, Services for Young People Missing Team.