Focus on Social Work Law
Series Editor: Alison Brammer
Red Globe Presss Focus on Social Work Law series consists of compact, accessible guides to the principles, structures and processes of particular areas of the law as they apply to social work practice. Designed to develop students understanding as well as refresh practitioners knowledge, each book provides focused, digestible and navigable content in an easily portable form.
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Looked After Children, Caroline Ball
Child Protection, Kim Holt
Capacity and Autonomy, Robert Johns
Making Good Decisions, Michael Preston-Shoot
Children in Need of Support, Joanne Westwood
Safeguarding Adults, Alison Brammer
Court and Legal Skills, Penny Cooper
Youth Justice, Jo Staines
Mental Health, Christine Hutchison and Neil Hickman
Author of the bestselling textbook Social Work Law, Alison Brammer is a qualified solicitor with specialist experience working in Social Services, including child protection, adoption, mental health and community care. Alison co-ordinates the MA in Child Care Law and Practice and the MA in Adult Safeguarding at Keele University.
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HC (A Child) v Secretary of State for the Home Department and Another [2013] EWHC 982 (Admin) 58
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