{"content":[{"text":"It outlines a new response to 16 and 17 year olds at risk of homelessness which is \n coordinated by an integrated team operating within the Multi Agency Safeguarding \n Hub (MASH).","bbox":{"left":0.120947,"top":0.1055,"width":0.732864,"height":0.048704999999999984}},{"text":"CYPS will lead on the response to young people at risk of homelessness, working in \n partnership with the HNS, registered social landlords, housing related support \n services, the Youth Offending Team, alongside other partners. The aim of the \n response is to ensure, wherever it is safe to do so, that 16 and 17 year olds remain \n within a family setting until they are ready for a planned move or, if that goal is not \n appropriate or achievable, secure a range of suitable accommodation and support \n options for young people where their needs can be met and they can develop the \n skills to live independently and move on into training education or employment.","bbox":{"left":0.120947,"top":0.171062,"width":0.7496149999999999,"height":0.130656}},{"text":"This protocol establishes the principle that all professionals involved with young \n people will need to work together, in a co‐ordinated and timely way, to deal \n effectively with young people who have accommodation needs. The focus of work \n will be on preventing crisis and the need for emergency accommodation/ placements \n wherever possible, by maintaining and/or securing safe and appropriate \n accommodation with family members in a family setting. Where accommodation is \n identified as a need in the short or medium term then this will be sourced in a \n planned and supported way by a range of services working with the young person \n and their family.","bbox":{"left":0.120947,"top":0.318574,"width":0.755196,"height":0.147366}},{"text":"The joint protocol will ensure that through the appropriate assessment, \n decision‐making and delivery of services, the needs of homeless 16 and 17 year \n olds are appropriately met whilst fulfilling statutory duties under the legal framework.","bbox":{"left":0.120947,"top":0.482797,"width":0.748439,"height":0.04902400000000012}},{"text":"The benefits of having a joint protocol are: \n  To ensure that young people have access to the most appropriate housing \n provision and support services to prevent housing need impacting on their \n wider needs for education employment and training \n  That young people are helped at the earliest and most appropriate stage of \n their housing pathway \n  Avoid the use of unsuitable housing for 16 and 17 year olds such as bed and \n breakfast and hotel accommodation \n  To provide young people with the support to address problems and to \n experience a timely and coordinated response to their needs so that \n homelessness can be avoided now and in the future \n  A clearer understanding of the roles and responsibilities for workers, wider \n agencies and young people \n  A reduced risk of young people being let down by any agency and therefore \n becoming at risk of exploitation, rough sleeping and other safeguarding risks \n  To make the best use of limited resources and professional expertise \n  To create a single point of access for 16 and 17 year olds, and their families \n or carers, requiring support around housing and accommodation issues","bbox":{"left":0.120947,"top":0.548678,"width":0.744092,"height":0.30936300000000005}},{"text":"2","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}]}