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• Children’s Social Care
• Housing Districts
• Youth Offending Services
• Connexions
• Third sector or statutory agencies such as Colleges and Citizens Advice Bureaus
• Self referrals to accommodation providers or advice agencies
Where a young person is presenting as being potentially homeless or wanting to leave home they should be referred to the County
wide [SINGLE ACCESS POINT] who will take responsibility for completing an initial interview to ascertain the young person’s
circumstances.
Children’s Social Care will not normally accept referrals for an initial child in need assessment on the basis of a young person
requiring accommodation without the young person first accessing the County wide [SINGLE ACCESS POINT] for intensive support
in the first instance.
Stage 2: Initial response process
[SINGLE ACCESS POINT] assessors will take responsibility for the initial response process and will begin to gather detailed information
to determine whether the young person is homeless or whether they can be supported to return home. If a long term home cannot
be secured, where appropriate the [SINGLE ACCESS POINT] will try to prevent the need for an emergency accommodation
placement away from the family by securing agreement that the young person can stay for a short period pending the
assessment and further work.
The initial meeting with the young person will focus on key areas:
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