Family Support Officer

Purpose of the Job:

1. The Return Home Interviewer is responsible for conducting Return Home Interviews for children who are currently looked after by Children’s Services and have been reported as missing/absent.

2. To ensure that any safeguarding concerns identified during a missing/absent period are reported effectively and in a timely manner and to work towards reducing missing/absent periods for Young People.

Principle Accountabilities:

• To conduct Return Home Interviews for those Young People who have been reported as missing/absent within 72 hours of their return and better understand the circumstances around their missing period and communicate this effectively to the social work team. To ensure that all young people who have had a period of being missing/absent have had the opportunity to speak to an independent person about their circumstances.
• To ensure that Return Home Interviews are recorded accurately on the IT syste...