The Social Worker's Guide to Children and Families Law

Editor/Author Davis, Lynn
Publication Year: 2014
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers

Single-User Purchase Price: $32.95
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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.

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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