The family’s accommodation is stable, The family’s accommodation is The family’s home is consistently The family’s home is consistently clean, warm, and tidy and there are no stable however the home itself is dirty and constitutes health and dirty and constitutes health and hazards which could impact the safety not kept clean and tidy and is safety hazards. safety hazards. The family has or wellbeing of the child. For example not always free of hazards which no stable home, and is moving the parent/carer ensures access to could impact on the safety and from place to place or ‘sofa balconies is restricted unless a young wellbeing of the child. surfing’. child is with an adult. Safe neighbourhood/positive Child affected by low level Neighbourhood/locality Neighbourhood/locality has environment; encouraging good behaviour in the locality negatively impact child; e.g. is a profoundly negative effect on the citizenship. victim of anti-social child who is involved in frequent behaviour/crime/ participating in anti-social behaviour/criminal antisocial behaviour/ or at risk or activity. participating in/victim of criminal activity. Family/child has full/legal indefinite Family has temporary right to Family/young person’s legal Family members/young person rights to remain in stay in the country is temporary status increases risk of detained/at risk of deportation or country/indefinitely/employment/public and/or restricted access to involuntary removal; e.g. the child is an unaccompanied funds. public funds/right to work, families/illegal workers asylum-seeker. placing the child and family OR having limited financial under stress. resources/no recourse to public funds increases the child’s vulnerability to criminal activity e.g. illegal employment/child labour/CSE
The family’s accommodation is stable, clean, warm, and tidy and there are no hazards which could impact the safety or wellbeing of the child. For example the parent/carer ensures access to balconies is restricted unless a young child is with an adult. The family’s accommodation is stable however the home itself is not kept clean and tidy and is not always free of hazards which could impact on the safety and wellbeing of the child. The family’s home is consistently dirty and constitutes health and safety hazards. The family’s home is consistently dirty and constitutes health and safety hazards. The family has no stable home, and is moving from place to place or ‘sofa surfing’. Safe neighbourhood/positive environment; encouraging good citizenship. Child affected by low level behaviour in the locality Neighbourhood/locality negatively impact child; e.g. is a victim of anti-social behaviour/crime/ participating in antisocial behaviour/ or at risk or participating in/victim of criminal activity. Neighbourhood/locality has profoundly negative effect on the child who is involved in frequent anti-social behaviour/criminal activity. Family/child has full/legal indefinite rights to remain in country/indefinitely/employment/public funds. Family has temporary right to stay in the country is temporary and/or restricted access to public funds/right to work, placing the child and family under stress. Family/young person’s legal status increases risk of involuntary removal; e.g. families/illegal workers OR having limited financial resources/no recourse to public funds increases the child’s vulnerability to criminal activity e.g. illegal employment/child labour/CSE Family members/young person detained/at risk of deportation or the child is an unaccompanied asylum-seeker.
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