{"id":20524,"date":"2026-09-24T13:48:33","date_gmt":"2026-09-24T12:48:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/?p=20524"},"modified":"2026-09-24T13:50:56","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T12:50:56","slug":"free-event-book-now-missing-children-and-child-exploitation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/free-event-book-now-missing-children-and-child-exploitation\/","title":{"rendered":"Free event: missing children and child exploitation &#8211; book now!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.devonscp.org.uk\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Devon Safeguarding Children Partnership (DSCP)<\/a> are holding a series of multi-agency Best Practice Events during October 2026, focused on missing children and child exploitation. These in-person events will provide a practical opportunity for colleagues across the partnership to consider what we notice, what we ask and, importantly, how we act together when there are early signs that a child or young person may be at risk.<\/p>\n<h2>Seeing the Signs, Hearing the Voice, Disrupting the Harm &#8211; \u201cChildren tell us earlier than we think\u201d<\/h2>\n<h3>Dates\/Venues:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>9 October, Tiverton<\/li>\n<li>12 October, Ivybridge<\/li>\n<li>20 October, Exeter<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Time:10.30am to 4pm (Registration and refreshments from 10am)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/devoncc.sharepoint.com\/:b:\/s\/PublicDocs\/Education\/IQCUXzeDFrnmRbi9eUyep4sLAbvidIkouxO4ffJLN-RSbXM?e=F0dblN\" rel=\"noopener\">Event flyer<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Who is it for?<\/h2>\n<p>The event is aimed at front-line practitioners and team managers from all agencies working with children, young people and families. It is intended to be a practical, multi-agency day, giving colleagues the opportunity to learn from one another and consider how the learning translates into everyday practice.<\/p>\n<h2>Learning Outcomes:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Recognise early signs of vulnerability, including school disengagement and missing episodes, and understand how to respond before concerns escalate.<\/li>\n<li>Understand how intelligence, hotspots, peer contexts and disruption activity can help identify and reduce harm.<\/li>\n<li>Identify practical actions that can be applied within your own role and contribute to our shared responsibility for protecting children from harm.<\/li>\n<li>Place children\u2019s lived experience and voice at the heart of safeguarding practice.<\/li>\n<li>Apply professional curiosity to better understand what may be happening in a child\u2019s life.<\/li>\n<li>Understand the importance of timely information sharing and joining up information held across agencies to build a fuller picture of risk.<\/li>\n<li>Strengthen current practice and improve multi-agency responses.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Apply:<\/h2>\n<p>To apply for a fully funded place visit: <a href=\"https:\/\/forms.cloud.microsoft\/pages\/responsepage.aspx?id=gzehjWjLP0S7S5l_d_1b-9LKeo_WHftCkGcrBStfspJUNEk5WkEzV1FMWlVXSDAyOElCMUdaSzVMUS4u&amp;route=shorturl\" rel=\"noopener\">Devon SCP Best Practice Event &#8211; &#8216;Seeing the Signs, Hearing the Voice, Disrupting the Harm&#8217;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Devon Safeguarding Children Partnership are holding a series of multi-agency Best Practice Events during October 2026, focused on missing children and child exploitation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":649,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20524","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-and-updates"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-10-02 11:53:44","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20524","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/649"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20524"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20524\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20527,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20524\/revisions\/20527"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20524"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20524"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20524"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}