Children & Young People's Services Resource guide for professionals

Family andEnvironment• Good familyrelationships• Family feels accepted bythe community• Family members arephysically well andmentally stable• Family has positiverelationships andappropriate supportfrom others• Income is consistent andsufficient to meet basicfamily needs• Area has good, ageappropriate facilities• Inadequate/overcrowded housing• Socially or physically isolated• Sibling with disability or significanthealth problems• Family experiencing harassment,discrimination or are victims of crime• Children sometimes wearinappropriate clothing or appearunkempt• Family homeless or in temporaryaccommodation• Scale 1 & 2 Domestic Violence as perBarnardo’s Guidance• Children who are being looked after in privatefostering arrangements• Presence of adult who poses risk to children inhousehold or in contact with family• Drug taking, prostitution, and illegal activitiesthat impact on child• Children constantly appear dirty and clothingis inappropriate to season• Imminent family breakdown• Homeless and destitute• Scale 3 & 4 Domestic Violence as perBarnardo’s Guidance (Levels 1 & 2 if childunder 1)• Family requires intensive support because ofharassment/discrimination10Resource Guide for professionals | Updated January 2013