'No-one runs away for no reason' : understanding safeguarding issues when children and young people go missing from home
Hill, Louise and Taylor, Julie and Richards, Fiona and Reddington, Susan (2014) 'No-one runs away for no reason' : understanding safeguarding issues when children and young people go missing from home. Child Abuse Review. ISSN 0952-9136 (https://doi.org/10.1002/car.2322)
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Abstract
An estimated one in nine children will run away from home or substitute care before their 16th birthday in the UK. This paper explores the safeguarding concerns and responses for children and young people who run away or go missing from home. The majority of children and young people run away from home due to family relationship problems. Running away or being physically absent from home may be due to abuse and neglect. One in 11 children reported being hurt or harmed whilst running away. For some young people, 'running to' a person or situation can present many risks and can be part of a coercive and exploitative relationship. Despite these multiple indicators of risk, there has been little focus on safeguarding policies and practice for children and young people who run away from home. Drawing on a case example of a third-sector service using Return Interview Assessments, this paper argues that professionals must ensure that all children and young people who run away or go missing from home are given meaningful opportunities to be listened to, and taken seriously, in order to ensure that a wide range of safeguarding concerns can be addressed.
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Item type: Article ID code: 55092 Dates: DateEventJuly 2014PublishedNotes: This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Hill L. Taylor J. Richards F. and Reddington S. (2014), ‘No-One Runs Away For No Reason’: Understanding Safeguarding Issues When Children and Young People Go Missing From Home, Child Abuse Rev., which has been published in final form at http://doi.org/10.1002/car.2322. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Self-Archiving. Subjects: Social Sciences > Social pathology. Social and public welfare Department: Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (HaSS) > Social Work and Social Policy > Centre for Excellence for Children's Care and Protection (CELCIS) Depositing user: Pure Administrator Date deposited: 11 Dec 2015 10:05 Last modified: 06 Oct 2024 00:27 Related URLs: URI: https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/55092