Immediate safety issues; Whether to instigate Section 47 Enquiries and/or any Police investigation Who will interview the child/young person; Who needs to be informed, locally and nationally, that the child/young person or pregnant woman has been found. 12.5.2 Following any Section 47 enquiry, there must be inter-agency liaison to agree the next steps. This must include consideration of whether it is necessary to hold an Initial Child Protection Conference or, in the case of a child subject to a Child Protection Plan, to bring forward the Review Child Protection Conference. 12.5.3 If the child/young person or pregnant woman has been found outside of the home authority area and is not likely to return, representatives from the host authority must be involved in the Strategy Meeting/Discussion and the transfer of the case must be discussed. See also . 13. Children Missing from other Local Authority Areas 13.1 Children and Families Social Care must ensure that there is a system for keeping and referring to the notifications of children and/or pregnant women who are missing and that duty/intake staff are kept informed. See also . Appendix 1: Northumbria Police Definitions Appendix 2: Northumbria Police Missing from Home Absent Category Process Risk Assessment Appendix 3: Missing from Home Proforma Appendix 4: Return Home Interview Proforma
Immediate safety issues; Whether to instigate Section 47 Enquiries and/or any Police investigation Who will interview the child/young person; Who needs to be informed, locally and nationally, that the child/young person or pregnant woman has been found. 12.5.2 Following any Section 47 enquiry, there must be inter-agency liaison to agree the next steps. This must include consideration of whether it is necessary to hold an Initial Child Protection Conference or, in the case of a child subject to a Child Protection Plan, to bring forward the Review Child Protection Conference. 12.5.3 If the child/young person or pregnant woman has been found outside of the home authority area and is not likely to return, representatives from the host authority must be involved in the Strategy Meeting/Discussion and the transfer of the case must be discussed. See also . 13. Children Missing from other Local Authority Areas 13.1 Children and Families Social Care must ensure that there is a system for keeping and referring to the notifications of children and/or pregnant women who are missing and that duty/intake staff are kept informed. See also . Appendix 1: Northumbria Police Definitions Appendix 2: Northumbria Police Missing from Home Absent Category Process Risk Assessment Appendix 3: Missing from Home Proforma Appendix 4: Return Home Interview Proforma
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