A Practical Guide to Fostering Law: Fostering Regulations, Child Care Law and the Youth Justice System
A Practical Guide to Fostering Law is an accessible, jargon-free guide to the key elements of the law that concern foster carers and the professionals who work with them.

It aims to help foster carers understand where they fit into the complex web of regulations surrounding childcare and to demystify the jargon and terminology which is often used but rarely explained. The book covers the laws in England and Wales governing fostering agencies and foster carers themselves, including foster carers' rights, and the formalities of placement procedures. It also provides explanations of care proceedings, the foster carer as a witness, what happens if a young fostered person gets into trouble, and moving on from foster care. The last section provides a 'who's who' of the main professionals involved and a jargon-busting glossary of the key terms often used. It also includes illustrative case examples and each chapter concludes with suggestions for where to find more information.

This guide will be an invaluable resource for current and prospective foster carers and the professionals who work with them, such as support workers, social workers and foster agency staff.

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A Practical Guide to Fostering Law: Fostering Regulations, Child Care Law and the Youth Justice System
A Practical Guide to Fostering Law is an accessible, jargon-free guide to the key elements of the law that concern foster carers and the professionals who work with them.

It aims to help foster carers understand where they fit into the complex web of regulations surrounding childcare and to demystify the jargon and terminology which is often used but rarely explained. The book covers the laws in England and Wales governing fostering agencies and foster carers themselves, including foster carers' rights, and the formalities of placement procedures. It also provides explanations of care proceedings, the foster carer as a witness, what happens if a young fostered person gets into trouble, and moving on from foster care. The last section provides a 'who's who' of the main professionals involved and a jargon-busting glossary of the key terms often used. It also includes illustrative case examples and each chapter concludes with suggestions for where to find more information.

This guide will be an invaluable resource for current and prospective foster carers and the professionals who work with them, such as support workers, social workers and foster agency staff.

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A Practical Guide to Fostering Law: Fostering Regulations, Child Care Law and the Youth Justice System

A Practical Guide to Fostering Law: Fostering Regulations, Child Care Law and the Youth Justice System

by Lynn Davis
A Practical Guide to Fostering Law: Fostering Regulations, Child Care Law and the Youth Justice System

A Practical Guide to Fostering Law: Fostering Regulations, Child Care Law and the Youth Justice System

by Lynn Davis

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Overview

A Practical Guide to Fostering Law is an accessible, jargon-free guide to the key elements of the law that concern foster carers and the professionals who work with them.

It aims to help foster carers understand where they fit into the complex web of regulations surrounding childcare and to demystify the jargon and terminology which is often used but rarely explained. The book covers the laws in England and Wales governing fostering agencies and foster carers themselves, including foster carers' rights, and the formalities of placement procedures. It also provides explanations of care proceedings, the foster carer as a witness, what happens if a young fostered person gets into trouble, and moving on from foster care. The last section provides a 'who's who' of the main professionals involved and a jargon-busting glossary of the key terms often used. It also includes illustrative case examples and each chapter concludes with suggestions for where to find more information.

This guide will be an invaluable resource for current and prospective foster carers and the professionals who work with them, such as support workers, social workers and foster agency staff.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781849050920
Publisher: Kingsley, Jessica Publishers
Publication date: 08/15/2010
Pages: 240
Product dimensions: 5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

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 provides training to foster carers and legal training for social workers and others involved in child protection, including the Kent Safeguarding Children Board. She has also taught on the law module for student social workers. She is the author of See You in Court and The Social Worker's Guide to Children and Families Law, both published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements 5

Foreword 9

Preface 11

Introduction 13

Part I Agencies and Carers 15

1 Foster Care and Fostering Agencies 17

2 Becoming a Foster Carer 25

3 Placements 40

4 Carers' Rights, Allegations and Ending Fostering 48

Part II Fostered Children and Child Care Law 63

5 Basics of Child Care Law 65

6 Looked After Children 75

7 Care Proceedings 86

8 The Foster Carer as Witness 99

9 Duties towards Looked After Children 111

10 Contact 128

Part III Fostered Children and the Criminal Law 137

11 The Criminal System - Some Legal Basics 139

12 The Criminal Process 148

13 Reprimands, Warnings and Court 161

14 Sentencing 171

15 Anti-Social Behaviour 186

16 Young Victims and Witnesses - Evidence and Compensation 191

Part IV Long-Term Plans 207

17 Long-Term Placements 209

18 Moving to Independence 217

Jargon Buster 224

Resources 233

Index 236

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