The Social Worker's Guide to Children and Families Law

Lynn Davis

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2008, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 304pp
ISBN: 978-1-84310-653-1, BIC 2: JKSN

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Acknowledgements. Preface. Part 1: Fundamentals. Chapter 1. Human Rights. Chapter 2. Key Points in Children and Families Law. Chapter 3. Parental Responsibility and Children's Autonomy. Part 2: Private Law. Chapter 4. Section 8 Orders - Specific Issue and Prohibited Steps. Chapter 5. Residence and Special Guardianship. Chapter 6. Contact. Part 3: The Local Authority's Support Role. Chapter 7. Section 17 Children in Need. Chapter 8. Accommodation. Part 4: Child Protection. Chapter 9. Section 47 Investigations. Chapter 10. Emergency Action. Part 5: Care Proceedings. Chapter 11. The Threshold Criteria. Chapter 12. Care Proceedings - Interim Stages. Chapter 13. Care Proceedings- Care Orders and Care Plans. Chapter 14. Contact and Enforcing Care Plans. Part 6: Adoption. Chapter 15. Adoption Fundamentals and Adoption by Consent. Chapter 16. Placement Orders and Contact. Appendix 1 - Children Act 1989 Key Sections by Number and by Subject. Appendix 2 - Residence, Special Guardianship and Adoption - at a Glance. Appendix 3 - Contact Aide Mémoire. Appendix 4 - Care / Accommodation - at a Glance. Appendix 5 - Summary of Duties to `Looked After' Children. Appendix 6 - Emergency Protection Orders Aide Mémoire. Appendix 7 - Care / Supervision orders - at a Glance. Appendix 8 - Care Planning Scenario. Table of statutes. Table of cases. Index

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Author information

• Lynn Davis

Subject areas

• Working with Children and Families
• Health, Social Work and Social Care

Keywords

• child protection,
• children,
• children's rights,
• social care,
• social work,
• social work law

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