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C/L/721. Dealing with mentally disturbed abuser: social worker's perspective

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DATE:
2010
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The paper looks at a law case concerning erratic behaviour of a person that can endanger his children, and examining whether there is a legal background for the Approved Social Worker (ASW) to get him assessed and sectioned. References are made to UK Mental Health Acts (MHA) and Children Acts discussing the possibility of the offender’s treatment and detention and the placement of the children outside the family home.

 

KEYWORDS: mentally disturbed, social worker, erratic behaviour, children placement,

 
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