Children Missing from Home Worker
| Posting date: | 18 June 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | Competitive |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 18 July 2025 |
| Location: | Rochdale, OL16 1AG |
| Company: | inploi |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 75710020 |
Summary
About the Role
Are you passionate about making a difference in the lives of children and young people? Do you have the empathy, dedication, and skills to support those who need it most?
An exciting opportunity has arisen for the recruitment of a Children’s Missing from Home Worker (temporary 12 month post) to be based within the Sunrise Complex Safeguarding Team and supervised by the Children’s Missing from Home Co-Ordinator.
As a Children’s Missing from Home Worker, you will undertake a crucial role in providing support and advocacy for children and young people who have been reported missing.
Your primary responsibility will include:
Completing Return Home Interviews: Completing return home interviews within statutory timeframes, providing clear analysis, and planning of support to prevent further missing episodes, and maintaining accurate records.
Building trusted working relationships: Using relational practice to engage children and young people to understand the reasons behind their missing episodes and ensure their voices are heard.
Collaboration: Work closely with young people, their carers and the professionals involved to develop safety and support plans and ensure a coordinated response. Advocate for the voice of the child in all aspects of care and planning.
Educating and Preventing: Deliver targeted interventions to increase safety and stability for young people who are reported missing.
What We’re Looking For:
Qualifications: Educated to a minimum of NVQ Level 3 within a relevant field e.g. Early Years, Health and Social Care.
Experience: Proven experiencing working with children and young people, particularly those with support and safeguarding needs.
Skills: Strong communication and partnership-building skills. Ability to build positive working relationships, and to engage and motivate young people. Ability to manage workload, maintain accurate records and produce high standard written material.
Knowledge: Understanding of safeguarding procedures and trauma-informed practice.
About us
To apply for this job role please upload your CV with a supporting document that provides evidence of how you meet the person specification of the job role.
Please ensure that you evidence within your supporting document your ability/willingness to undertake the above key tasks and why you have the necessary skills to excel in the role.
The deadline for submission is 7th July 2025.
Interviews for shortlisted candidates will take place on Tuesday 15th July 2025 at Rochdale Police Station.
The Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects staff to share this commitment.
Appointment to this post is subject to a DBS.
Please note that this post requires enhanced vetting due to the position being based in Rochdale Police Station.
For internal RBC candidates - approval for secondment should be obtained from your Head of Service (or nominated representative) before applying for the post.
If you are interested in what we are offering and have the skills we are looking for we want to hear from you. If you would like to discuss the post further, please contact Rozanne Stevens Team Manager on 01706927655.
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