Section 17

[GL2026]

Hi
Long story, but my partner and I have been together for around 3 years.
I have an 11 year old, an 18 month old and I am currently 34 weeks pregnant.
An isolated incident happened 2 weeks ago where myself and my partner had argued, I had gone outside to calm down but he ended up pulling me in the house from the door by my hair.
I contacted a domestic abuse helpline for advise about housing who then informed me they were contacting social services. (My children were in bed and did not hear the incident)
I had a phone call on Thursday from social and they came to visit my children on friday.
My 11 year old has autism and I did make him aware of this. He asked my daughter "does mummy have a boyfriend" but my daughter did not understand the question and said no I didnt.. I asked the social worker after he'd looked in my daughter's bedroom, met my mum (who's a protective factor) and met my 18 month old and I asked him if he had any concerns, he stated he didnt however he still needed to do a risk assessment on my partner, he also kept advising for him to not live in the home which I dont agree with.
The social worker then contacted me again on Sunday and asking a history of my exes, my mums details etc which i felt was intrusive for a section 17.
I then rang him again on Monday as I wasnt happy with the questioning especially as I mentioned my daughter was autistic.. he stated that he felt my daughter had been "coached" and she appeared to be "very protective of me". And that obviously my daughter heard the incident as I would have screamed (I didnt)..

My questions are:
A section 17 - are they allowed to contact me on a Sunday? Also is it usually this intrusive?

As my daughter is autistic aren't they supposed to use a more appropriate way of talking?

Is it normal for him to accuse and make assumptions about what and how my daughter reacted to the question and to the incident? I felt it was quite unfair and rude.

For this to escalate to a section 47, what would have to happen? I've read about the neglect toolkit and from what I can see the situation that has happened and the fact we don't have regular police involvement, it was an isolated incident, my children have no health issues or appear to be distressed, we are complying and willing to work with social could they escalate this?