Advise police on absconders from care homes and social worker consultation
Waterhouse Inquiry · Waterhouse Inquiry — Final Report · Issued 15 February 2000
Government responseNot tracked (historical inquiry)
DeliveryNo statement from the addressee found
Recommendation, verbatim from the inquiry
●Inquiry recommendation
Police officers should be reminded periodically that an absconder from a residential care or foster home may have been motivated to abscond by abuse in the home. They should be advised that, when apprehended, an absconder should be encouraged to explain his reasons for absconding and that the absconder should not automatically be returned to the home from which he absconded without consultation with his field social worker.
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Government response
●No formal government response recorded
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Delivery
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