Missing Children

Although most children and young people who go missing return of their own accord, or are found quickly, all children and young people who go missing irrespective of the amount of time that they are missing can be considered vulnerable.

Local Guidance

Leeds Safeguarding Partnership- Missing from Home or Care

West Yorkshire Consortium Inter Agency Safeguarding and Child Protection Procedures, Joint Protocol for Children Missing from Home or Care

The Leeds Safeguarding Partnership and the Joint Protocol for Children Missing from Home or care procedures are both currently in a period of update.

There is a new framework for Children who go missing from care which is currently being embedded (Resources and Forms Library)

This chapter was added in August 2023.