{"content":[{"text":"Prevention of homelessness and provision of accommodation for \n 16 and 17 year old young people, who may be homeless and/or \n require accommodation","bbox":{"left":0.133447,"top":0.105578,"width":0.733117,"height":0.05682300000000001}},{"text":"1. CONTEXT \n Joint guidance by the Department for Education (DfE) and Department for \n Communities and Local Government (DCLG) was first published in April 2010. This \n followed a number of judgements handed down by the House of Lords in cases \n concerning the interrelationship between the duty under section 20 of the Children \n Act 1989, and duties under Part 7 of the Housing Act 1996, where young people \n aged 16 or 17 require accommodation.","bbox":{"left":0.120947,"top":0.179257,"width":0.7405609999999999,"height":0.12139299999999997}},{"text":"The most recent guidance issued in April 2018 by the DfE and MHCLG has been \n amended to reflect new duties introduced through the Homelessness Reduction Act \n 2017. Case law has clarified the relationship between the duty under section 20 of \n the Children Act 1989 and duties under Part 7 of the Housing Act 1996 - in the case \n of 16 or 17 year olds who require accommodation. The House of Lords Case R (G) \n v Southwark [2009] UKHL 26 held that, where a 16 or 17 year old is owed duties \n under section 20 of the 1989 Act, this takes precedence over the duties in the 1996 \n Act in providing for children in need who require accommodation. Where the specific \n duty is owed under section 20 of the 1989 Act, a 16 or 17 year old should be \n accommodated under that provision rather than looking to the general duty owed to \n children in need and their families under section 17 of the 1989 Act.","bbox":{"left":0.120947,"top":0.317507,"width":0.7506999999999999,"height":0.17982700000000001}},{"text":"Whilst the section 20 Children Act 1989 duty takes precedence, housing services \n also have duties towards young people who are homeless or threatened with \n homelessness.","bbox":{"left":0.120947,"top":0.51419,"width":0.7215929999999999,"height":0.048705}},{"text":"It is therefore essential that children’s services and housing services work \n together to plan and provide services that are centred on young people and \n their families, and prevent young people from being passed back and forth \n between services.","bbox":{"left":0.120947,"top":0.579751,"width":0.7235860000000001,"height":0.06509500000000001}},{"text":"16 and 17 year olds who are homeless or threatened with homelessness are likely to \n be vulnerable and will often be at risk of harm in the absence of intervention. \n Safeguarding and promoting their welfare should be central to service provision. If \n there is any concern that a child may be suffering, or likely to suffer, significant harm \n then local safeguarding procedures must be followed.","bbox":{"left":0.120947,"top":0.661703,"width":0.75522,"height":0.08148500000000003}},{"text":"2. INTRODUCTION \n Through the joint working arrangements of Children and Young People Services \n (CYPS), the Housing Needs Service (HNS), and other agencies including the Youth \n Offending Team (YOT), this joint protocol sets out Wakefield Council’s vision for \n meeting the needs of young people aged 16 and 17 years old where they are at risk \n of homelessness.","bbox":{"left":0.120947,"top":0.776435,"width":0.746347,"height":0.10500200000000004}},{"text":"1","bbox":{"left":0.497198,"top":0.942028,"width":0.011211000000000026,"height":0.01592400000000005}}],"images_bbox":[{"left":0.641021,"top":0.042048,"width":0.238085,"height":0.047058}],"images_bbox_not_text_overlap":[{"left":0.641021,"top":0.042048,"width":0.238085,"height":0.047058}]}