Missing From Home Intervention Worker
- Employer: Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council
- Salary: Grade F, SCP 12 - 19, £28,598 to £28,142 per annum
- Location: Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council, Magdalen House
- Contract: Permanent
- Working Pattern: Full Time
- Hours: 36 hours per week.
- DBS Check: Enhanced
- Closing Date: 29/09/2025 at 23:59
- Reference: CSC/25/322311
An exciting and permanent opportunity has arisen within the My Space team for the role of Missing from Home Intervention worker. The My SPACE team is based in Sefton and its priority is to support and help children who are at risk of exploitation (criminal and sexual) and who go missing from home.
Your role as the Missing from Home Intervention worker, will be to visit children (within 72 hours) who have gone missing from home and offer Return Home Conversations which are trauma informed and child centred. The aim of the Return Home Conversations is to gain insight into the child’s experience when they have gone missing and explore reasons as to why and to develop safety planning to prevent future missing episodes occurring.
Other aspects of your role will include safe and well visits / keeping in touch visits for children who experience Missing from Home episodes.
For this post you must have experience in engaging children and young people, sound knowledge of Missing from home and a firm understanding of push and pull factors .
If you wish to consider this opportunity, please review the attached job description for further details about the role and complete your application.
Interviews to be held: week commencing 06/10/2025
Equal Opportunities
EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES
Sefton Council strives to ensure that our workforce is inclusive and representative of our communities. A diverse workforce is important to us, our staff bring with them a wide range of experiences, views, ideas, and innovations, and we are committed to providing an environment that recognises, respects, and values everybody’s identity, where individual differences are strengths and where everyone can thrive and maximise their potential. We are always open to learning and growing as an organisation, and we welcome new ideas and initiatives that promote equality, diversity and inclusion.
We are an Equal Opportunities Employer; all candidates will receive equal treatment. Our decision to appoint will be based upon whether an individual’s skills, experience, qualifications, and abilities make them the most suitable candidate for the role.
GUARANTEED INTERVIEW SCHEME
Please note that all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for these jobs (as given in the Person Specification) and who want to apply under the Disability Confident Scheme will be invited to interview.
If you are currently in care or have previously been in care, we provide a guaranteed interview scheme for care experienced people if you meet the essential requirements for the role.
How to apply
Please apply online via the link provided.
Please note, we do not accept CV’s (unless specified on the advert).
Please fully complete the online application form.
