Provision of Missing from Home, Care and Child Sexual Exploitation Services across Cheshire

About

Halton Borough Council awarded a contract to Catch 22 for the provision of Missing from Home, Care and Child Sexual Exploitation (CSE) services for children and young people across Cheshire.

The service is a collaboration across the four Cheshire Local Authorities (Cheshire East, Cheshire West and Chester, Halton and Warrington) and is a key element of the Pan Cheshire strategies for CSE and Missing.

The Missing from Home and Care service works across all four local authority areas with clear links with Cheshire Constabulary's missing from home co-ordinators to identify, track and support young people who have been notified as missing from home or care.

A co-ordinated and organised response including return interviews facilitates direct intervention work with children, young people and their families.

The Child Sexual Exploitation service works across all four local authorities to provide a specialist service to children and young people either at risk of sexual exploitation or who are victims of sexual exploitation.

The contract value is AUD 624,706.