Subjects:

Family Law

Contents:

The Legal Framework

Inter-Agency Working

The s 47 Investigation and Inquiry

Assessments

Child Protection Conferences

Care Proceedings

Placement Options for Children

Local Authority Panels

Planning for Children Leaving Care

Immigration and Unaccompanied Minors

Complaints

Appendix: Relevant Guidance, Useful Addresses and Websites, Glossary

This new title is a comprehensive guide for child care lawyers seeking to understand the policies and procedures informing social work practice with children and families. It takes a practical approach, with an emphasis on fact-based examples, so as to appeal to those practitioners working within this area of the law.

Key topics which are covered include inter-agency co-operation, disclosure issues, social work assessment methodology and child protection conferences.