Community Care Law and Local Authority Handbook examines the duties and responsibilities of local authorities in the provision of community care services, covering:
Mental health services
Assessment of the community care needs of adults
Provision of accommodation
Provisions for older and disabled children
Finance and charging
The respective roles of health care providers andsocial services departments
Social Housing
Asylum Support
Community Care Law and Local Authority Handbook brings together in one place all the disparate statutory materials that comprise legal framework, together with related materials such as Local Authority Circulars and extracts from leading judgments. The materials are complemented by the author’s expert commentary explaining how the various statutes interrelate and how they have been interpreted by the courts. The result is a handbook that provides the practitioner with the tools required to deal with this important area of law.
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