100 Days of Safeguarding – Day 71 – Missing and Emotional Wellbeing Report
Today’s message is a recent report from Catch22 about the increasing evidence of a strong link between emotional and mental ill health concerns amongst young people who go missing. Since the pandemic, Catch22 Missing Services have recorded an increase in the proportion of missing incidents caused by young people’s emotional wellbeing, as reported by children and young people themselves during Return Home Interviews. The report includes a number of case studies and makes several recommendations about the need for greater awareness amongst agencies of the impact of poor emotional and mental health.