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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...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Davis, Lynn
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2011.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • FRONT COVER; A Practical Guide to Fostering Law: Fostering Regulations, Child Care Law and the Youth Justice System; Acknowledgements; Contents; Foreword; PREFACE; Introduction; Part I: Agencies and Carers; 1. Foster Care and Fostering Agencies; 2. Becoming a Foster Carer; 3. Placements; 4. Carers' Rights, Allegations and Ending Fostering; Part II: Fostered Children and Child Care Law; 5. Basics of Child Care Law; 6. Looked After Children; 7. Care Proceedings; 8. The Foster Carer as Witness; 9. Duties towards Looked After Children; 10. Contact; Part III: Fostered Children and the Criminal Law.
  • 11. The Criminal System
  • Some Legal Basics12. The Criminal Process; 13. Reprimands, Warnings and Court; 14. Sentencing; 15. Anti-Social Behaviour; 16. Young Victims and Witnesses
  • Evidence and Compensation; Part IV: Long-Term Plans; 17. Long-Term Placements; 18. Moving to Independence; JARGON BUSTER; RESOURCES; INDEX.