Legal

All our recent legal stories are below. But if you need more, Community Care Inform Children and Community Care Inform Adults provide digested versions of all the major statutes that govern the work of social workers and other professionals working to support children and young people, and adults, respectively. For more information email the Community Care Inform helpdesk

Adults, Legal, Workforce

Care charge lottery exposed in Scotland

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Children, Legal

Family Intervention Projects drive improvements

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Adults, Legal, Mental Health

DPP: assisted suicide policy no threat to disabled people

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Children, Legal

Difficult child protection cases for the Court of Appeal

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Adults, Workforce, Legal

When social workers snap under pressure

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Children, Legal, Workforce

DCSF produces consultation on children’s trust guidance

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Children, Legal, Workforce

Doubts over councils’ commitment to Children Act 1989

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Children, Legal

Ministers moot changes to named guardians law

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Children, Legal

Children Act, 20 years on: Care pressures threaten guardian role

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Adults, Workforce, Legal

Ombudsman raps Bury over disabled children’s accommodation

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Children, Legal, Workforce

Children’s Act hits its 20th birthday: Sir Roger Singleton’s views

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Adults, Legal

Disability hate crime: the onus is on statutory agencies

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Adults, Children, Legal, Mental Health, Workforce

Too many children being taken into care says social services chief

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Adults, Children, Legal, Mental Health, Workforce

News round-up: ‘Too many children being taken into care’

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Children, Legal

Legal challenge against YJB secure home cuts fails

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Children, Legal, Workforce

Legal Update: When information can and cannot be disclosed

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