Statutory guidance

Children who run away or go missing from home or care

Statutory guidance for local authorities and their partners to stop children going missing and to protect those who do.

• From: Department for Education
• Published: 17 January 2014
• Last updated: 24 January 2014 — See all updates

Applies to England

Documents

Statutory guidance on children who run away or go missing from home or care

Ref: DFE-00009-2014

PDF, 348 KB, 30 pages

Roles and responsibilities when a child goes missing from care: organisational flowchart

PDF, 54.2 KB, 4 pages

Details

This statutory guidance is for:

• local authorities (LAs)
• chief executives and directors of children’s services
• local safeguarding children’s board partners
• managers and practitioners working with children and young people
• police forces
• other professionals working with children and young people who go missing or run away from home and care

It sets out the steps LAs and their partners should take to prevent children from going missing and to protect them when they do.

The flowchart shows the roles and responsibilities when a child goes missing from care.

This guidance replaces the 2009 statutory guidance.

A report into the consultation on the statutory guidance on children who run away or go missing from home or care is also available.

Published 17 January 2014
Last updated 24 January 2014 + show all updates

1. 24 January 2014

   Updated statutory guidance to include a link to (http://www.childrenssociety.org.uk/what-we-do/resources) to the document.

2. 17 January 2014

   First published.