# Missing Prevention Worker (AES)

**Company**: Lambeth Council
**Location**: London
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: mid
**Job type**: temporary
**Salary**: £43,308pa rising to £45,852pa
**Category**: Social Care
**Industry**: Public Sector

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## Description

### Missing Prevention Worker (AES)

Lambeth Civic Centre, 6 Brixton Hill, London, SW2 1EG, United Kingdom

#### Job Description

We are seeking a Missing Prevention Worker to join the Adolescent Early Support Team (AES) in Lambeth Council. This is a fixed-term opportunity for 12 months, working full-time in a hybrid arrangement.

The team provides prevention and engagement services for young people aged 11-18, focusing on early intervention to prevent escalation into crisis or statutory services. As a Missing Prevention Worker, you will play a crucial role in reducing missing episodes and addressing the factors that place young people at risk.

#### Responsibilities:

- Work directly with young people who go missing or are at risk of going missing

- Build trusted relationships to identify underlying causes and vulnerabilities

- Deliver prevention and safety planning interventions

- Support return home conversations and follow-up work

- Collaborate with families, schools, and partner agencies

- Help reduce exploitation and contextual risks

#### Requirements:

- Experience working with vulnerable adolescents

- Understanding of exploitation, contextual safeguarding, and missing vulnerabilities

- Skilled at engaging hard-to-reach young people

- Resilient, proactive, and solution-focused

- Committed to improving safety and outcomes

#### Benefits:

- Competitive salary: £43,308pa rising to £45,852pa

- Opportunity to shape an innovative new service

- Research-led, adolescent-focused model

- Multi-disciplinary team environment

- Contribution to reducing harm, inequality, and escalation into higher-level services

#### How to Apply:

To be considered for interview, your CV and supporting statement should clearly evidence how you meet the shortlisting criteria. Please visit the Lambeth Council careers website for more information.

## Skills

### Required
- adolescent-focused practice
- contextual safeguarding
- exploitation prevention
- missing persons
- safety planning
- youth engagement

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