Bøker av Claire Barcham

Returning in its third edition, this celebrated and handy pocketbook provides key advice for busy social work practitioners on the day-to-day aspects of using and applying the Mental Health Act. The practitioner and student will find this guide invaluable for quickly finding the information they need to set up, undertake and complete an assessment under the Mental Health Act. The updated text will incorporate crucial changes such as:.the Mental Capacity (Amendment) Bill, 2019.the replacement of the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLs) with the Liberty Protection Safeguard (LPS) scheme.changes to contemporary law and policy such as those surrounding working with police and changes to the police powers.places of safety provisions in the Mental Health Act 1983 made by the Policing and Crime Act of 2017The new edition will be fully updated and revised to continue to be used as an essential quick-reference guide to law, regulations and good practice for those practicing and studying to undertake Mental Health Act assessments.