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Direct linkEvans, Carly Anne – Child Care in Practice, 2011
In the United Kingdom, the Children Act (1989) states that children are best brought up with their families. However, if a child is suffering from or likely to suffer from significant harm, then the local authorities may initiate care proceedings under section 31 of the Children Act (1989). The Public Law Outline is a judicial case management tool…
Descriptors: Child Health, Foreign Countries, Child Welfare, Child Safety
Aldgate, Jane; Hill, Malcolm – Children and Youth Services Review, 1995
Gives an overview of recent changes in legislation and social policy with respect to child welfare in England and Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland. Discusses the effect of the Children Act 1989 on children's services in England and contrasts England's services with the organization of child welfare services in Scotland and Northern Ireland.…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Child Welfare, Children, Family Programs
Tunstill, Jane – Children and Youth Services Review, 1995
Describes and assesses the impact of the 1989 Children Act on the family support aspects of statutory child-care social work. Outlines ideological challenges to family support work and traces the main themes in relevant professional and research literature. Presents the family support clauses of the act and an account of the dominant concerns that…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Child Welfare, Children, Family Programs
Peer reviewedAdoption & Fostering, 1994
Reviews 17 publications covering a variety of topics including abused disabled children; child placement; helping attachment disordered children; open adoption; family empowerment; teenage fostering; the Children Act of 1989 (Great Britain); family law; social services and child care law; and challenging racism in the early years. (TJQ)
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Book Reviews, Child Abuse, Child Advocacy
Parton, Nigel; Otway, Olive – Children and Youth Services Review, 1995
Identifies and analyzes central tensions and themes that characterize child protection policy in England and Wales. Outlines conflicting messages that have been prevalent in debates about child abuse since the early 1980s. Analyzes in detail the 1989 Children Act, the 1991 Criminal Justice Act, Working Together (1991), and the Memorandum of Good…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Child Abuse, Child Welfare, Children
Peer reviewedLane, Jane – Children & Society, 1993
Attempts to identify the roles of two British laws, the Race Relations Act of 1976 and the Children Act of 1989, in getting rid of racism in children's lives. Britain is the only European country to have comprehensive legislation about racial discrimination, but mere passive acknowledgment has little effect. (SLD)
Descriptors: Children, Civil Rights, Definitions, Elementary Secondary Education
