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11.3 This is intended to ensure that young parents are assessed as child in need in their own right and ensures parity of process.
11.4 If young parent(s) become looked after it should not automatically follow that any dependants become looked after.
Out of hours
12.1 Where out of hours referrals are made to Children’s Social Care emergency duty Team (EDT) where a young person
presents as homeless, emergency duty team will need to ascertain whether or not a young person has an immediate
housing need and, if so, provision will be under The Children Act 1989 section 20.
12.2 The young person will then be referred to the county wide [SINGLE ACCESS POINT] the next working day for an assessment
under stage 2.
12.3 The emergency duty team will deal with such requests in a way which is consistent with the framework set out in this
protocol and in the spirit of the Statutory Guidance.
13. Young People who are not owed a housing duty and are not considered to be a child in need
13.1 There will be a small number of cases who will not be owed a duty by Children’s Social Care or housing. It is anticipated
that this will be a very unusual set of circumstances.
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