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Best Practice events on missing children and exploitation


Seeing the Signs, Hearing the Voice, Disrupting the Harm

Join us in an upcoming in-person best practice event on Missing Children and Child Exploitation, a practical day about what we notice, ask, and act on together. This event is for front-line practitioners and team managers in Devon from all agencies working with children, young people and families.

Each event lasts all day from 10:30 AM – 4:00 PM, with registration and refreshments starting at 10:00 AM.

Friday 9 October

New Hall, Tiverton

Monday 12 October

Watermark, Ivybridge

Tuesday 12 October

County Hall, Exeter

Apply for your place in one of the above events using this Microsoft Form.


What will we explore?

  • Lived experience as the golden thread for the day
  • Review learning and what needs to change in practice
  • Early indicators including school disengagement and missing episodes
  • Information sharing professional curiosity and acting before crisis
  • Disruption intelligence, hotspots, peer contexts and shared responsibility

You will leave with

  • Practical ideas to apply in your role
  • Clearer links between learning and current work
  • A shared commitment to what changes tomorrow

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