Safeguards for Young Minds: Young People and Protective Legislation (Second edition)
Richard White, Anthony Harbour and Richard Williams.
Now in its second edition, this key title is concerned with
the law in England and Wales as it applies to protecting the
interests, health, safety and welfare of children and adolescents.
The authors have provided a slim, up-to-date and easily readable
handbook or summary of the most important legislative provisions
that apply to safeguarding children and young people.
The text has been thoroughly revised and updated. Since the
first edition was published, the Human Rights Act 1998 has become
law in the UK. Therefore, Safeguards for Young Minds now includes a
brief overview of that Act. The core of this book is a summary of
the Children Act 1989, the Mental Health Act 1983 and the Code of
Practice to the Mental Health Act. A series of chapters covers
application of the Mental Health Act 1983 to younger people, based
on material developed from the Royal College of Psychiatrists'
popular section 12(2) training courses.
Also explained are amendments to the Children Act 1989
consequent on legal judgments and recent legislation, such as the
Children (Leaving Care) Act 2000 and the Adoption and Children Act
2002. Key chapters provide an updated account of matters relating
to consent given by or on behalf of minors, and there are important
additions on new procedures for courts in England and Wales to
follow when appointing and briefing experts and about what is
required of them.
This new edition will meet the needs of child and adolescent
psychiatrists who are training for approval under section 12(2) of
the Mental Health Act 1983. It is also appropriate for social
workers who are training as ASWs as it is directly relevant to
assessing and managing young people under the age of 18.
- Suitable for the day-to-day needs of all practitioners who work
with children and young people.
- Ideal for psychiatrists in training for section 12(2)
approval.
- Valuable for approved social worker training.
- Recent case and statute law described and explained.
- Issues of consent and capacity, and work with courts, covered
in detail.
"The book is well laid out, in bold print and with easily
digestable chapters. It would be a valuable resource to
practitioners as the boundaries between social worker and mental
health nurses become blurred, and we are called upon more and more
to be up-to-date with matters of the law."
Mental Health Nursing
Contents
The authors
Preface
Acknowledgements
- An overview of the Human Rights Act 1998.
- An overview of the Children Act 1989.
- Private law orders in the Children Act 1989.
- Public law orders in the Children Act 1989.
- Orders in the Children Act 1989 for protecting children.
- Consent to assessment, examination and treatment.
- Admission of minors to hospital.
- Restricting liberty under the Children Act 1989.
- Restricting liberty under the Mental Health Act 1983.
- Choosing between alternative legal frameworks.
- Placements, after-care and other services.
- Wardship and the inherent jurisdiction of the High Court.
- Special educational needs.
- Complaints procedures.
- Work in the courts.
Further reading
Bibliography
Index