Missing From Home Worker

Priority Candidates will be considered in the first instance

Wigan Police Station

Salary: Grade 6, £29,540 - £32,597 per annum.

37 hours per week

Temporary for 12 months

We're on a journey to build a workforce reflective of our Borough.

We are committed to fostering diverse teams where everybody can bring their authentic selves to work and feel that they belong. If you want to work for a Council where everybody is encouraged to meet their full potential and make a difference in our neighbourhoods, we would love to hear from you!

Your role:
We are looking to appoint an enthusiastic and motivated Missing From Home Worker to join our fantastic Complex Safeguarding Team. This is a temporary position to cover maternity leave, but can provide a fantastic opportunity to increase skillset, experience and knowledge working alongside a specialist team.

You will inform part of a specialist service working closely with colleagues from Greater Manchester Police, REACH colleagues, Specialist Health, and other partners to deliver the best possible service to those subject to or at risk of exploitation. As a Missing From Home Worker on the Complex Safeguarding Team, you will be trained as a specialist in responding to children who are reported to Police as missing from home/ care and contextual safeguarding to enable you to provide specialist interventions with children.

About you:
We are looking to appoint someone with the required experience of working with children and families, who can build trusted relationships with children and deliver trauma informed approaches to their work.

We want a great team player who is organised, pro-active in their approach and have a passion for making a positive difference. If you are looking to join a well-established multi-agency team who embrace creative approaches to working with children, we would love to hear from you!

We put a strong focus on how we do things and we are looking for someone who embodies our BeWigan behaviours in all they do Be Positive, Be Courageous, Be Accountable and Be Kind.

About us:

Wigan Council has been voted ‘Overall Council of the Year’ at the APSE (Association for Public Service Excellence) Awards. We are signed up to the Greater Manchester Continuous Service Commitment ensuring that your service will be continuous or 'unbroken' between the supporting organisations.

The Progress with Unity plan is a place movement for change for the next decade, bringing a new era for Wigan Borough. It draws on the strengths of our individual organisations, recognising that together we can achieve much more for our communities by delivering on our 2 place missions; create fair opportunities for all children, families, residents and businesses and make our towns and neighbourhoods flourish for those who live and work in them.

Wigan Complex Safeguarding Team are a multi-agency co-located team who are based at Wigan Police Station. Multi-agency working within this team is a key strength supported by GMP, specialist health, social workers, complex safeguarding workers along with a forensic psychologist supporting the team as part of GM trusted relationship service. There are links to all other services including Education, Sexual Health, Community, Housing, Wigan Youth Zone and CAMHS.

The team complete intervention with children at risk of or subject to all forms of exploitation and respond to all children reported as missing to Police. The intervention completed reduces risks posed to the children whilst missing from home, early identification of potential exploitation concerns and embed trauma informed principles. The complex safeguarding team work collaboratively within a multi-agency team to ensure safeguards are in place across all contexts.

Here at Wigan, we are proud to support flexible working patterns, when the service can accommodate this. We also take a blended approach to where we work, depending on the work we do. This may include working from home, the office, or the community. We like to thank our employees for their hard work and commitment by giving them the opportunity to access a range of exclusive rewards and benefits click here to find out more about working for #TeamWigan.

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Please contact Sarah Halsall if you would like an informal discussion on sarah.halsall@wigan.gov.uk or 0161 856 5959

Interview date: 21^st April 2026

This position is subject to Enhanced Disclosure Procedures plus child barred list check

The employer is committed to safeguarding

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