MISSING FROM CARE
Due to the high levels of staff supervision, Pegasus very rarely have cases of young people going missing from care. However the young people at Pegasus are incredibly vulnerable and need to have safeguards in place to protect them. If a young person is identified as being at risk from being missing from care, a specific missing person protocol will be completed for that individual. That will give specific areas of risk, identified hazards and control measures that must be in place. These include proactive measures that are put in place to support that young person. The protocol specifies at what point the Police are to be contacted. It has been agreed that all of the young people that are accommodated at Pegasus will be seen by Derbyshire Police as missing as soon as the Police are contacted and will never be deemed as absent, due to the vulnerability of the young people. All protocols are shared with the local Police. All protocols are accompanied by a Philomena protocol as set out by Derbyshire Constabulary. This includes all the information the Police require when first contact is made. This ensures the correct response is given speedily.
All young people have an individualised risk assessment. This identifies all known risks and places control measures to attempt to reduce risk. It is important that we allow our young people to take risks so that they can learn and develop, but this is done in a controlled manner.
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