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| Children and Families Bill Committee 29-42 |
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| Children and Families Bill |
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| | Duty to assess young carers’ needs for support |
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| To move the following Clause:— |
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| | ‘(1) | Where it appears to a local authority that a child within their area may provide or |
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| | be about to provide care to an adult or a child who is disabled, and may be taken |
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| | to be a child in need under section 17(10) of the Children Act 1989, the authority |
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| | (a) | whether the child does have needs for support (or is likely to do so in the |
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| | (b) | if the child does, what those needs are (or are likely to be in the future). |
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| | (2) | A local authority, in carrying out an assessment under subsection (1), must |
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| | consider whether, with a view to safeguarding and promoting the child’s |
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| | (a) | the adult may need to be assessed for care and support need, |
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| | (b) | the adult is an “adult needing care”, |
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| | (c) | the disabled child may need to be assessed for care and support needs. |
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| | (3) | For the purpose of this section a child shall be taken to be in need if— |
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| | (a) | he is unlikely to achieve or maintain, or have the opportunity of achieving |
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| | or maintaining a reasonable standard of health or development without |
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| | the provision for him of services by a local authority, |
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| | (b) | his health or development is likely to be significantly impaired, or further |
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| | impaired, without provision for him of such services, or |
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