Missing Return Home Officer

Posted 25 October 2024
Salary Up to £23.21 per hour
LocationWalsall
Job type Temporary
Discipline Social Work
Reference20386
ContactTerena Liddon

Job description

Opus people solutions on behalf of Walsall Council have an exciting opportunity for a Missing Return Home Officer to join their team.

Job Title:Missing Return Home Officer
Length of assignment: 3 Months
Hours per week: 37
Hourly rate: 23.21
Location: Civic Centre, Walsall
Remote/Office based: Hybrid, office based twice a week

  • To work as part of a team to provide an integrated whole family approach to families with children/young people aged 0 - 18 who have had a missing episode from home or care.
  • To support to the effective safeguarding of children and young people through the completion of Missing from Home Return interviews within statutory timescales.
  • Attend Missing intervention meetings as required
  • To reduce the overall vulnerabilities of children and young people who go missing through identification of risk factors and appropriate support and interventions.
  • Work flexibly to meet the needs of children, young people and their families /parents/carers within the borough through evidence based/evidenced informed interventions
  • To support the overall vision, ethos and aims of the Children's Services and the locality clusters To carry out a range of tasks as identified and allocated by the Exploitation & Missing Operational Lead and/or Head of Service

If you thrive to make a difference and have experience, then we would love to hear from you.