For children who do not have an allocated social worker, the Restorative Justice Team will offer a return interview. 5.6 The role of the Youth Offending Service (YOS) YOS workers can undertake return interviews and must liaise with the dedicated YOS Police Officer regarding any concerns that are raised in relation to CSE, gang, or criminal activity. The YOS worker must keep the child’s allocated social worker informed. If the child does not have an allocated social worker and declines a return interview, the YOS worker can ask Restorative Justice to provide the return interview or refer to the MASH. All return home interview forms must be held on the child’s file in the Social Care system and shared with: The MCC: The police: Section 6: Governance 6.0 Local Safeguarding Children Board (LSCB) 6.1 The LSCB has a duty to ensure that effective procedures are in place to safeguard children and help prevent them from going missing. Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) 6.2 Whilst reducing the number of children missing is a key aspiration, it has too many variables to be a considered a performance indicator. However, two key tasks are measurable, because they have recommended time frames, and are used as KPIs: 48 hours of a child in care being missing, a strategy meeting (or discussion) is held within the 72 hours. Within 72 hours of a child returning, or being found, a return home interview is offered to the child Annual report on Missing Children, Children Missing from 6.3 Education and Elective Home Education This report gives an overview of work being done in these areas. It is presented to the LSCB and can be found on its website: 6.4 Missing Children Strategic Group (MCSG)
For children who do not have an allocated social worker, the Restorative Justice Team will offer a return interview. 5.6 The role of the Youth Offending Service (YOS) YOS workers can undertake return interviews and must liaise with the dedicated YOS Police Officer regarding any concerns that are raised in relation to CSE, gang, or criminal activity. The YOS worker must keep the child’s allocated social worker informed. If the child does not have an allocated social worker and declines a return interview, the YOS worker can ask Restorative Justice to provide the return interview or refer to the MASH. All return home interview forms must be held on the child’s file in the Social Care system and shared with: The MCC: The police: 6.0 Section 6: Governance 6.1 Local Safeguarding Children Board (LSCB) The LSCB has a duty to ensure that effective procedures are in place to safeguard children and help prevent them from going missing. 6.2 Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) Whilst reducing the number of children missing is a key aspiration, it has too many variables to be a considered a performance indicator. However, two key tasks are measurable, because they have recommended time frames, and are used as KPIs: 48 hours of a child in care being missing, a strategy meeting (or discussion) is held within the 72 hours. Within 72 hours of a child returning, or being found, a return home interview is offered to the child 6.3 Annual report on Missing Children, Children Missing from Education and Elective Home Education This report gives an overview of work being done in these areas. It is presented to the LSCB and can be found on its website: 6.4 Missing Children Strategic Group (MCSG)