ENGLAND
The government strategies for children's services try to help runaways through policies like the common assessment framework, having a lead professional for vulnerable young people and the integration of services. Local authority children's services are equipped to support children and young people who run away as part of their general responsibilities for children through intervention and support.
The government is working with The Children's Society to look at how well local authorities are meeting the particular needs of young runaways and will be looking at what action needs to be taken when the charity's work is completed.
SCOTLAND
The Scottish Government is rethinking its guidance for service providers on managing young runaways. It has recently established a National Working Group on Young Runaways, which comprises representatives from the statutory and voluntary sector and services that contribute to managing runaways. The working group has to develop recommendations for action by spring 2008. The Aberlour Childcare Trust has published a study of services available for young runaways. The study found there is insufficient information to identify the scale of the problem and services for runaways are variable, with most attention placed onthose who go missing from care.
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