POSTPONED: National Missing Persons Framework - Good Practice Conference

POSTPONED

Due to the increasing concerns relating to Covid-19 and the concerns for the health of our attendees and speakers, we have made the decision to postpone the National Missing Persons Framework: Good Practice Conference on 26th March at The Lighthouse in Glasgow.

Thank you for your interest in this event and we hope to be in touch soon regarding a new date.

Join Missing People, the only charity in the UK to provide 24/7 guidance and support to missing people and their families, at our first conference in Scotland.

Since July 2019, Missing People have been delivering a programme of consultancy, training and good practice sharing to support Scottish Government's work to ensure that The National Missing Persons Framework for Scotland is implemented effectively across local areas.

We have been working with partners in Dundee, Edinburgh, and Fife to identify existing good practice of local professionals in the support of missing adults, children, and their families. This conference will showcase elements of this practice from each of these areas, in line with The Framework.

The aims of the conference are to:

• Increase understanding of good and innovative practice for reducing harm related to missing
• Provide an opportunity for professionals to discuss the benefits and challenges of multi-agency responses to missing people and their families
• Launch new education resources about running away and staying safer for young people, and the professionals that support them

This full-day conference will include speakers from across Scotland, and workshops from our divisional partners to discuss and exhibit a variety of good and innovative practice around missing.

This event is free and has been funded by Scottish Government.*

*Please note that in the event of no attendance, an admin fee of £10 will be charged.

AGENDA

09:30 – 10:00 Guest Arrival and Refreshments

10:00 – 10:15 Opening

Chair and overview of conference, agenda and housekeeping

10:15 – 10:30 Emma Simpson-Faichney, Missing People

The National Framework Project. Further project information/key project highlights

10:30 - 10:45 Police Scotland: Chief Inspector Colin Convery, Safer Communities

Overview and Update; Current Trends and Initiatives – Missing Persons

10:45 – 11:00 Q + A For Emma and Colin

11:00 -11.15 Break

11:15 – 11.30 Minister Ash Denham, Minister for Community Safety

Launch of Missing People Education Resource/Highlights from the Framework/Results of the National Framework Survey

11:30 – 12:20 Workshops

Workshops will highlight good and innovative practice in agencies working together to provide an effective response to missing people, in line with the Framework’s aims and objectives. They will also provide an opportunity for local areas to share challenges in multi-agency working for missing people and families

Workshop 1: Dundee City

Prevent, Respond, Support and Protect – Pilot Project

Dundee City has a multi-agency approach to supporting young people living in care: good practice in providing the best possible support to missing people and to reduce repeat missing episodes

Workshop 2: Edinburgh

Prevent, Respond, Support and Protect – Adults Missing from Hospital

Edinburgh has a multi-agency response to adults missing from hospital: good practice in responding consistently and appropriately to missing persons to reduce the harm associated with missing.

12:20– 13:10 Lunch & ‘Missing Surgery

Missing People will a run a ‘Missing Surgery’ over lunch where staff members will be available in a break-out room to answer any specific questions from delegates relating to missing adults or children.

13:10– 13:30 Good Practice: Fife Missing Person Partnership Protocol - Craig Stephen, Police Scotland/Fife Local Authority

Fife's local multi-agency protocol as good practice of multi-agency working, information sharing and the completion of Return Discussions

13:30 – 13.50 Missing People Core Services

Input on the charity’s Helpline, publicity appeals, family support, TextSafe, SafeCall service, and more

13.50 – 14.05 Q + A For Fife and Missing People Core Services

14:05 – 14.20 Comfort Break

14:20 – 15:00 Missing People & Barnardo’s Scotland: Education Resource for Scotland

Launch of Missing People’s education resource for young people in Scotland. To include the young people who have been involved in the resources to speak about their experiences of missing and involvement in the project (tbc), a demonstration of one resource with delegate participation and a live demo of the website.

15:00 – 15:20 Tommy Petillo, Alzheimer's Scotland Purple Alert & The Herbert Protocol

15:20 – 15:40 Q + A

Education Resource and Purple Alert

15:40 Closing Statement and Thanks