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Missing Persons Practitioner

Leamington Spa

Permanent Contract

Full Time

Salary (£25,758 - £27,690)

The closing date for this post is 12 noon on 20th March 2023

Those currently eligible on the redeployment register will be given prior consideration.

The main purpose of the role is to work collaboratively with partners, statutory and voluntary agencies to reduce and manage risk, safeguard and protect children who go missing and identify opportunities to reduce and prevent further missing episodes by adopting a problem solving and joint working approach.

Main Responsibilities:

Retain ownership of specific children’s cases (as allocated), and identify those who are causing the most demand on resources and adopt a problem solving approach to reduce this demand.

Retain ownership of specific locations, review all contacts made from these locations in relation to missing children and ensure appropriate follow up calls and visits are completed. Where necessary refer incidents to appropriate Safer Neighbourhood Team (SNT) or supervisors.

Retain ownership of allocated children’s profile documents/ trigger plans. Evaluate and assess the risk elements within the profile documents, ensure that the details provided are appropriate, relevant, accurate, and up to date and adhere to General Data Protection Regulations. Ensure that the profile document is visible and accessible on relevant Force systems to officers and staff to assist with risk assessment and decision making.

When appropriate and directed, assist officers with missing investigations in relation to Missing Persons.

To liaise with other officers and departments within Warwickshire Police, partner agencies and/or the voluntary sector to share information and identify and complete actions required in order to manage and minimise the threat or risk to children who go missing.

To add or update PVP related 'warning' or preventative markers including CSE risks, risk management plans, address flagging, child orders and plans and liaise with other internal departments as necessary to ensure Force systems are updated appropriately.

To represent Warwickshire Police at multi-agency meetings, ensuring Police obligations are met.

To provide advice and guidance to staff in other business areas conducting Missing People Investigations, ensuring Warwickshire Police meet partnership and legislative responsibilities.

Consistently apply policy, protocol and APP guidance in relation to Missing Persons investigations.

To undertake other duties commensurate with the nature, level of responsibility and grading of this post, as required.

Knowledge:

Demonstrable knowledge and understanding of Missing, CSE, Child Protection/ Safeguarding procedures.

Knowledge of, statutory guidance, approved professional practice and local safeguarding procedures relating to Missing Children, Child Sexual Exploitation, Trafficking and Child Protection.

Experience:

Experience of multi-agency working with statutory and voluntary agencies.

Experience in successful working relationships both internally and with external statutory and voluntary agencies.

Proven ability and experience of researching and assessing information and identifying risk.

Experience of safeguarding children and vulnerable victims.

Key Skills:

Strong interpersonal skills.

Excellent investigative and decision making skills.

Competent in the use of IT systems.

Ability to work in partnership with other statutory and voluntary agencies.

Accurate data entry skills and the ability to enter, retrieve and present information in a suitable format.

High level of communication skills both written and verbal including influencing and negotiating with other agencies when appropriate within information sharing discussions and strategy meetings.

The ability to analyse all available information and identify risks and manage these risks.

Special Conditions:

The Post holder will receive mandatory psychological assessments annually.

Travel throughout Warwickshire.

The duties of this post may involve exposure to disturbing images or tasks.

We want our organisation to be as diverse as the community it serves. We welcome applicants from all sections of the community.

You will be required as part of Warwickshire Police recruitment process to successfully complete vetting and credit checks.

We support the “Happy to talk flexible working” campaign, which aims to encourage uptake of flexible working for individuals, the flexible working options that may be considered for this role include;

Remote Working