Missing From Care

Missing from Care

This is a half day course and will be delivered over Microsoft Teams.

Objectives

• This will provide clarity between missing and absence and the response and expectations from the Police and Social Care from the Provider.
• The national College of Policing definition for missing.
• It also explains the Philomena missing protocol and a case study around the tragic death of Caitlyn who was missing 34 times whilst in care before being tragically killed by a man she met online.
• It also links exploitation to Missing and the signs and symptoms of County Lines and Child Sexual Exploitation

This course will be delivered by Steve Clay working in partnership with Wave Care Services.

About Steve Clay:

My professional qualifications are based within my 30-year career as a Police Officer retiring as Detective Chief Inspector.

These include the national Policing Sergeants and Inspectors qualification, Higher National Diploma in Policing and Police Studies, University of Bournemouth, Senior Investigating Officer accreditation, Greater Manchester Police Detective Training School.

• In 2011 I obtained my basic teaching/training qualification, Preparing to Teach in the Lifelong Learning Sector at Hull College (PTLLS) Experience in Public Protection and Safeguarding
• As a Detective Chief Inspector, I led a team of around 60 Officers. I was the Senior Investigating Officer for child and adult homicide and in charge of the Public Protection Team who investigated all safeguarding children and adult incidents.
• This gave me extensive experience in all aspects of safeguarding, multi?agency working and the investigation of exploitation, child sexual abuse, indecent images of children and serious sexual offences including rape.
• After retiring from the Police, I was the Safeguarding Board Manager for 8 years. I delivered safeguarding training to over 9000 multi agency staff including Police, Local Authority and the Voluntary and Community Sector
• I was a member of the Safeguarding Children Board, Child Death Overview Panel and undertook Section 11 Children Act 1989 audits to quality assure safeguarding children arrangements across Police, Health, Probation, Local Authority and Housing providers.
• I was a member of a small team that were finalists at the national MJ Achievement Awards for the formation of the first Multi Agency Safeguarding Hub for adults.
• I formed and chaired the Humber Anti Slave Partnership as the Modern Slavery Act 2015 was legislated. This was a multi-agency partnership that provided training and guidance on Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery including County Lines. As a result, I was a keynote speaker at the national Modern Slavery conference held at the Wilberforce Institute, Hull.
• I have provided hundreds of safeguarding training sessions to GP Surgeries, Dental Practices and Social Care Providers since 2011 when I formed my sole trader safeguarding training company “Simply Safeguarding”. I have been a keynote speaker on Safeguarding Children and Adults at national Dental Conferences at Bristol, Cardiff, London, Leeds, Manchester, Glasgow, Watford, and Birmingham. I also was a keynote speaker at the Community Care Conference in Birmingham on learning lessons from Serious Care Reviews and am the joint author of a publication “A Decade of Serious Case Reviews”.
• I have worked in the Looked After Children sector since 2019 as a Designated Safeguarding Lead, Trainer, and Compliance Officer working alongside over 20 Local Authority Commissioning Teams

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