Missing From Care Half Day Course

Course overview

This course is designed for anyone wanting to improve their skills and reach their potential as a practitioner. The course is fully interactive and prompts you to assess your own approach to supporting young people who are in care or education who may have diagnosed and undiagnosed learning disabilities. The course covers key topics such as definitions of Missing from Care and Absent from Placement, examines recent statistics, discusses the protection of children and highlights associated risks. The content allows learners to understand their responsibilities and roles to record, report and locate young people and children. Trainers facilitate discussion and reflection on the push & pull factors that may lead to incidents of missing from care, highlights the importance of time and why increased time away from the setting increases vulnerability and risks including Child Criminal Exploitation and Child Sexual Exploitation and supports learners in reducing missing incidents by providing techniques that help start conversations and increase communication. Content highlights the importance of working collaboratively with the police, describes relevant legislation and facilitates learning about the relevance of risk management. The course also includes a downloadable PDF workbook that you can fill in as you complete the training, so that you can develop your skills as a leader or manager and get the most out of the course content.

Aims and objectives

• Discuss the different terms associated with Missing From Care
• Investigate the links between Missing From Care and Exploitation
• Mention related Legislation
• Include Push and Pull factors
• Divulge the immediate and long-term risks of being missing
• Demonstrate the relevance of Risk Management
• Highlight the role of the Police