5.10 Children Missing from Care Framework

Children Missing from Care Framework (2022)

Produced in partnership and led by organisations including National Police Chiefs Council, Independent Children’s Homes Association, The Fostering Network, Keys Group and NYAS, the Children Missing from Care framework was launched in 2022. Initially being piloted across West Yorkshire, the framework aims to ensure that all children in the care of a local authority in England receive a proportionate and timely response when they are not where they are expected to be; and that everything possible is done by all multi agency partners to reduce risk and harm, enable a child’s safe return and support each to child to prevent further missing occurrences.