His being prevented from residing at home was the culmination

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That’s also why I kept going back to my parents’ or my sisters’ to shower or get clean clothes, but that just made things worse with our relationship.” On October , still aged , BC was admitted to hospital under section of the Mental Health Act where police take action to protect a person after he had threatened to kill himself. On admission to hospital, it was recorded that BC was “starving hungry” and “appeared unkept”. When BC was asked what led him to feeling suicidal, he said “just life, not having a job, no money and nowhere to live”. BC’s social worker then contacted K’s mother to ask if BC could return to her home as BC’s mother was still not prepared to have him back home.


The local authority decided to register BC for social housing and refer him for dru Guangdong Mobile Number List gs support. Five days later, the police contacted the council after BC had “engaged in anti-social behaviour with a group of youths” and had told the police he was “currently sofa surfing”. Despite td, in early September , the council “decided to close the referral it appears without any investigation”. Less than two weeks later, on September , BC, who was at the time, approached the local housing authority presenting as homeless, leading the housing officer to contact the council’s children’s services the same day “with an urgent referral for social services intervention”. By that point, BC had been away from home for three weeks after being told to leave and was staying with his friend’s mother, K.





The housing officer made clear that BC had nowhere to stay that night, that his mother had “abdicated her responsibility for him”, that he owed money to a drug dealer and that there was “a history of children’s services involvement”. As recalled by the High Court in its judgment: “…BC was well known to the council with his “history of children’s services involvement”, and the council had already made considerable enquiries about his needs and welfare.n of the known progressive deterioration in his relationship with his parents. It was clearly the case that, in accordance with paragraph of the relevant statutory guidance, suitable emergency accommodation for BC under section of the Children Act  was required, whilst his full needs, including his need for continuing accommodation and support, were further assessed.