If a young person is reported missing, the police do their investigation, but once they are back home we can get involved. We will contact the young person and their parent or guardian but the focus has to be on the young person.
A lot of the work is about building a rapport. If young people have dealt with agencies in the past then we could have our work cut out, but until you have a rapport with them you can't get to the root of what's going on.
Gaining trust can be hard. The majority of runaways are aged 13 to 17, but some are as young as 10. They are desperate so your initial meeting has to mean something or they won't come back. Their options may sound bleak but we can give them resources to move forward.
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