The Social Worker's Guide to Children and Families Law
The Social Worker's Guide to Children and Families Law
Editor/Author
Davis, Lynn
Publication Year: 2014
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
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$32.95

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$49.43
ISBN: 978-1-84905-440-9
Category: Psychology
Book Status: Available
Table of Contents
Accessible and jargon-free, this everyday reference explains the fundamental concepts of parental responsibility and human rights, and the provisions of private and public law, including care proceedings and adoption.
Table of Contents
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
- PREFACE
- Introduction
- Part 1 Fundamentals
- 1. Human Rights
- 2. Key Points in Children and Families Law
- 3. Parents, Parental Responsibility and Children’s Autonomy
- Part 2 Private Law
- 4. Section 8 Orders, Specific Issues and Prohibited Steps
- 5. Arrangements for Children (Residence) and Special Guardianship Orders
- 6. Arrangements for Children (Contact)
- Part 3 The Local Authority’s Support Role
- 7. Children in Need
- 8. Accommodation
- Part 4 Child Protection
- 9. Child Protection Investigations
- 10. Emergency Action
- Part 5 Care Proceedings
- 11. The Threshold Criteria
- 12. Care Proceedings: Interim Stages
- 13. Care Proceedings: Care Orders, Care Plans and Contact
- 14. Care Plans
- 15. Adoption Fundamentals and Adoption by Consent
- 16. Placement Orders, Contested Cases and Contact
- APPENDIX 1A: CHILDREN ACT 1989 KEY SECTIONS BY NUMBER
- APPENDIX 1B: CHILDREN ACT 1989 KEY SECTIONS BY SUBJECT
- APPENDIX 2: ORDER FOR RESIDENCE, SPECIAL GUARDIANSHIP AND ADOPTION AT A GLANCE
- APPENDIX 3: CONTACT AIDE-MEMOIRE
- APPENDIX 4: CARE AND ACCOMMODATION AT A GLANCE
- APPENDIX 5: SUMMARY OF DUTIES TO ‘LOOKED AFTER’ CHILDREN
- APPENDIX 6: EMERGENCY PROTECTION ORDER AIDE-MEMOIRE
- APPENDIX 7: CARE AND SUPERVISION ORDERS AT A GLANCE