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48 <h1>
48 My Foster Child is Missing
48 </h1>
49 <div class="scope_box_blue">
50 <p style="font-weight:500; font-size: 140%;">
50 Standards & Regulations
50 </p>
51 <p>
51 Fostering Services National Minimum Standards (England) 2011:
51 </p>
52 <ul>
53 <li>
53 <a href="http://www.minimumstandards.org/fost_five.html" target="_blank">
53 Standard 5 - Missing From Care
53 </a>
53 .
53 </li>
54 </ul>
55 <p>
55 Training, Support and Development Standards for Foster Care:
55 </p>
56 <ul>
57 <li>
57 <a href="files/foster_care_tsd_standards_guidance.pdf" target="_blank">
57 Standard 2 - Understand your role as a foster carer
57 </a>
57 .
57 </li>
58 <li>
58 <a href="files/foster_care_tsd_standards_guidance.pdf" target="_blank">
58 Standard 4 - Know how to communicate effectively
58 </a>
58 .
58 </li>
59 </ul>
60 <p style="font-weight:500; font-size: 140%;">
60 Related Guidance
60 </p>
61 <p>
61 <a href="http://www.londoncp.co.uk/chapters/ch_miss_care_home_sch.html" target="_blank">
61 London Child Protection Procedures, Children Missing from Care, Home and School
61 </a>
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63 <p>
63 <br />
64 When a child is placed with you, the child’s social worker should make you aware of any previous
occasions when the child has gone missing or if this is something they have good reason to think
they will do.
64 </p>
65 <p>
65 The care provided should minimise the risk of the child going missing, however a child/young
person should be aware that they need to take some responsibility for their own safety, dependent
upon their age and understanding.
65 </p>
66 <p>
66 You should talk to the child/young person about the risks of running away and let them know where
they can get help to talk about this other than from you.
66 </p>
67 <p>
67 The degree of risk that they might be taking by going missing will vary dependent on things like
their age understanding and awareness.
67 </p>
68 <p>
68 There may be a variety of reasons for the young person going missing and it is through
communication that you are most likely to understand and deal with the issues that make them go.
This could include peer group issues, family contact or other reasons. On the other hand, the
young person might not be used to people being concerned about their whereabouts and they might
not understand that you are trying to keep them safe and look after them.
68 </p>
69 <p>
69 If a young person has gone missing whilst with you or before, you should look out for signs or
patterns of behaviour that usually happen before they go missing. This may help you talk to them
to prevent them from going.
69 </p>
70 <p>
70 You should be aware of what measures you can take to prevent a child from leaving without
permission. The use of persuasion and your relationship is the most powerful tool that you have to
prevent them going and you will find that the best thing that you can achieve is for them to want
to come back.
70 </p>
71 <p>
71 When the child is missing without your permission but you know where they are you will need to
treat the situation differently to when you don’t know where they have gone.
71 </p>
72 <p>
72 If a child is missing and you do not know where the child is and they are not found within a
reasonable time frame: one hour for under 12's and two hours for over 12's (unless stated
otherwise in their
72 <a href="http://trixresources.proceduresonline.com/nat_key/keywords/placement_plan.html"
target="_blank">
72 Placement Plan
72 </a>
72 ), you must contact the child’s social worker, duty worker or the Out Of Hours team.
72 </p>
73 <p>
73 If a child is missing you should do all that you can to find the child including working with the
Police where necessary.
73 </p>
74 <p>
74 You may need to give a description of the child including what they were wearing and an up to date
photo, their legal status and any other information you think will help.
74 </p>
75 <p>
75 You should also inform your Supervising Social Worker as soon as possible.
75 </p>
76 <p>
76 You should record both the above incidents. You should record the circumstances in which they
return, why they say they ran if they do and what actions you will put in place to try and prevent
a further occurrence. This information should be shared with the responsible authority and where
appropriate the child’s parents.
76 </p>
77 <p>
77 The child’s social worker should call a meeting to look at why the child/young person went missing
to look at ways of preventing it from happening again.
77 </p>
78 <h3 class="h3">
78 Definitions
78 </h3>
79 <p>
79 There are various different terms which are used in relation to missing children:
79 </p>
80 <p>
80 <a
href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/275701/Statutory_g
uidance_missing-children.pdf" target="_blank">
80 'Statutory Guidance On Children Who Run Away Or Go Missing From Home Or Care (January 2014)'
80 </a>
80 </p>
81 <p>
81 Uses the following definitions:
81 </p>
82 <h4 class="h4">
82 Missing Child:
82 </h4>
83 <p>
83 A child reported as missing to the police by their family or carers.
83 </p>
84 <h4 class="h4">
84 Missing from Care:
84 </h4>
85 <p>
85 A Looked After Child who is not at their placement or the place they are expected to be (e.g.
school) and their whereabouts are not known.
85 </p>
86 <h4 class="h4">
86 Away from Placement Without Authorisation:
86 </h4>
87 <p>
87 A Looked After Child whose whereabouts are known but who is not at their placement or the place
they are expected to be and the carer has concerns or the incident has been notified to the local
authority or the police.
87 </p>
88 <h4 class="h4">
88 Young Runaway:
88 </h4>
89 <p>
89 A child who has run away from their home or care placement, or feels they have been forced or
lured to leave.
89 </p>
90 <p>
90 See also, the
90 <a
href="https://www.app.college.police.uk/app-content/major-investigation-and-public-protection/miss
ing-persons/#definition-of-missing" target="_blank">
90 College of Policing definition of missing and absent
90 </a>
90 .
90 </p>
91 <p>
91 A person is not at a place where they are expected or required to be.
91 </p>
92 <p>
92 The police classification of a person as ‘Missing’ or ‘Absent’ will be based on on-going risk
assessment.
92 </p>
93 <p>
93 Police will not be sent to cases where children/young people are defined as being ‘absent’.
Instead the onus will be on care providers to take steps to locate the child/young person, with
monitoring by the police and escalation to ‘missing’ if there is a change to the circumstances
that has increased the level of risk. It is expected that all reasonable steps should be taken to
locate the child/young person prior to making a report to the police. Where they remain absent,
and you feel that they may be at risk of harm, then a report should be made to the police.
93 </p>
94 <p>
94 Police will attend reports of ‘missing’ children/young people’.
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111 Being a Foster Carer
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112 Safeguarding Everyone in our Household
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113 The Placement
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114 Caring for Children
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115 Want to become a Foster Carer
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116 London Child Protection Procedures
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117 Haringey Children's Services Fostering Procedures
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