The Social Worker's Guide to Children and Families Law

FRONT COVER......Page 1
The Social Worker’s Guide to Children and\rFamilies Law......Page 5
Contents......Page 7
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS......Page 11
PREFACE......Page 13
INTRODUCTION......Page 15
Part 1 Fundamentals......Page 17
1. Human Rights......Page 19
2. Key Points in Children and Families Law......Page 31
3. Parental Responsibility and Children’s Autonomy......Page 45
Part 2 Private Law......Page 61
4. Section 8 Orders, Specifi c Issues and Prohibited S......Page 63
5. Residence and Special Guardianship......Page 81
6. Contact......Page 94
Part 3 The Local Authority’s\rSupport Role......Page 109
7. Children in Need......Page 111
8. Accommodation......Page 122
Part 4 Child Protection......Page 135
9. Child Protection Investigations......Page 137
10. Emergency Action......Page 158
Part 5 Care Proceedings......Page 175
11. The Threshold Criteria......Page 177
12. Care proceedings – Interim Stages......Page 193
13. Care Proceedings – Care Orders and Care P......Page 211
14. Contact and Enforcing Care Plans......Page 226
Part 6 Adoption......Page 239
15. Adoption Fundamentals and Adoption by Consent......Page 241
16. Placement Orders, Contested Cases and Contact......Page 263
APPENDIX 1A: CHILDREN ACT 1989 KEY SECTIONS\rBY NUMBER......Page 276
APPENDIX 1B: CHILDREN ACT 1989 KEY SECTIONS\rBY SUBJECT......Page 278
APPENDIX 2: RESIDENCE, SPECIAL GUARDIANSHIP\rAND ADOPTION AT A GLANCE......Page 280
APPENDIX 3: CONTACT AIDE-MÉMOIRE......Page 282
APPENDIX 4: CARE/ACCOMMODATION AT A GLANCE......Page 285
APPENDIX 5: SUMMARY OF DUTIES TO ‘LOOKED AFTER’\rCHILDREN......Page 286
APPENDIX 6: EMERGENCY PROTECTION ORDER\rAIDE-MÉMOIRE......Page 290
APPENDIX 7: CARE/SUPERVISION ORDERS AT A GLANCE......Page 292
APPENDIX 8: CARE PLANNING SCENARIO......Page 293
List of Statutes......Page 299
List of Cases......Page 301
INDEX......Page 304