A practical guide to fostering law : fostering regulations, child care law and the youth justice system
Lynn Davis aims to help foster carers understand where they fit into the complex web of regulations surrounding childcare in the England & Wales & to demystify the jargon & terminology which is often used but rarely explained
Print Book, English, 2010
Jessica Kingsley Publishers, Philadelphia, 2010
239 pages ; 23 cm
9781849050920, 1849050929
529958068
Foster care and fostering agencies
Becoming a foster carer
Placements
Carers' rights, allegations and ending fostering
Basics of child care law
Looked after children
Care proceedings
The foster carer as witness
Duties towards looked after children
Contact
The criminal system
some legal basics
The criminal process
Reprimands, warnings and court
Sentencing
Anti-social behaviour
Young victims and witnesses
evidence and compensation
Long-term placements
Moving to independence