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Leicestershire Wide Multi Agency Protocol to
assist homeless/potentially homeless 16-17 yr
olds
Offending Services should refer the young person
directly to Children’s Social Care at least 4 weeks
prior to their release to enable an assessment to
be undertaken
Where a young person is sentenced to custody
whilst being accommodated under section 20 or
while being a child in care, a Child in Care Review
should be convened prior to release in order to
plan for accommodation and support services.
Teenage Parents:
Some young people will have dependant children
themselves and may experience homelessness.
Young parents will be assessed by the county wide
[SINGLE ACCESS POINT] in the same way as
other young people.
In cases where young people are already known to
Children’s Social Care and or they have a child
subject to a child protection plan, Children’s Social
Care will ensure that the parent(s) have a child in
need assessment carried out in their own right by
a separate team within Children’s Social Care.
If young parent(s) become looked after it should
not automatically follow that any dependants
become looked after
Where out of hours referrals are made to
Children’s Social Care emergency duty Team
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Worcestershire, Sussex, Norfolk County
Council’s
(protocols identified as best practice by Anna Whalen,
Youth Homelessness Advisor for the Dept of Communities
and Local Government
sentence, identify any need for accommodation on
release. (Norfolk)
If the young person is not an open case to children's
social care and it becomes apparent to the YOT
case manager that the young person will not have
suitable accommodation on release, the YOT case
manager will complete form NSCB1 and send it to
Norfolk Care Connect by fax or e-mail, wherever
possible at least 1 month before the young person's
planned release. (Norfolk)
If a 16 or 17 year old woman is pregnant or has a
child/children of her own, children’s services’ duties
will be determined towards each of them individually.
The LSCB pre-birth protocol should be followed if
relevant. Similarly, if a young person is in a
partnership with an older person, only duties towards
the 16 or 17 year old will be considered by the duty
team(Norfolk)
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