Community Care Law and Local Authority Handbook, 3rd Edition

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.