The Social Worker's Guide to Children and Families Law

Lynn Davis is a Consultant for Davis, Simmonds & Donaghey Solicitors in Kent, UK. She has specialised in child care law since 1989, acting as a solicitor for local authorities, parents and children. She regularly provides legal update training for social workers and has taught on the law module for student social workers. She is the author of See You in Court, also published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers.

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