About Us and The Role

The Missing Service provides all children / young people who go missing in Warwickshire or Warwickshire children placed outside of the Local Authority area, an opportunity to discuss the missing episode with an independent professional. 

Missing Children Practitioners seek to engage; children / young people, parents / carers, and wider professionals to complete Return Home Interviews and understand the push / pull factors surrounding the missing episodes. Practitioners will seek to offer advice / signpost, undertake referrals or complete 1 - 1 direct work with the child / young person to address the causes and reduce / prevent further missing episodes.   

The Missing Service is part of the wider Child Exploitation Team, a co located team that includes; Social Workers, Warwickshire Police, Compass and Barnardos. Missing episodes are understood to be an indicator of exploitation, as such the Missing Service is integral in identifying early vulnerability to exploitation and or themes relating to exploitation to enable the co-location to target and disrupt concerns. 

 For further details please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification. 

Additional Information

This organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is subject to an enhanced DBS disclosure.

For information about the role please contact: Jeanette Staley on jeanettestaley@warwickshire.gov.uk

Closing date: 1st June 2021

Interview date: w/c 7th June 2021  

To apply for this vacancy please click on the 'Apply' button. Our method of application is online, please note, CV’s should not been submitted unless asked to do so.

As part of being a Disability Confident employer we guarantee to interview anyone with a disability whose application meets the minimum criteria for the post. By ‘minimum criteria’ we mean that you must provide us with evidence in your application form which demonstrates that you generally meet the level of competence required for each competence, as well as meeting any of the qualifications, skills or experience defined as essential in the person specification.

Should you require application forms in an alternative format / language or any adjustments to be made throughout the application process or upon appointment, please contact hrandpayroll@warwickshire.gov.uk  and we will make every effort to meet your specific requirements.

Warwickshire County Council is committed to equality of opportunity for all staff and is keen to address areas of under representation in its workforce and would particularly welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons from the BAME community, disabled people and people from the LGBT+ Community.