Commissioned Child Exploitation and Missing Children Service for Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent

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Staffordshire County Council awarded a contract to Not applicable for a Child Exploitation and Missing Children Service, jointly commissioned with Stoke on Trent City Council and the Staffordshire Commissioner for Police, Fire and Rescue and Crime.

The service contributes to the Pan-Staffordshire Child Exploitation Strategy outcomes: preventing children and young people from becoming victims of child exploitation; protecting them through parents, carers, communities, professionals, and businesses; and preventing children, young people, and adults from becoming perpetrators or being groomed to facilitate child exploitation.

It also delivers the Return Home Interview process across the county and city in line with the Department for Education's 2014 statutory guidance on children who run away or go missing from home or care.

The provision offers a flexible approach for children aged 0-17 and young adults with special educational needs and disabilities beyond their 18th birthday if they have an education health and care plan, as well as for care leavers beyond 18.

The provider offers the service and/or refers to other agencies where appropriate, with accessibility in each of the eight districts/boroughs in Staffordshire and in the city of Stoke-on-Trent.

The contract value is £5,069,025.