In Harm's Way - The memoir of a child protection lawyer from most secretive court in

Welcome to the secretive world of the Family Court. What''s it like to act for a father who has recently overcome his drug problem but risks losing his beloved son to foster care?''? Or to represent a young mother whose abusive childhood has left her depressed and struggling to cope, to the point where the local authority is seeking to persuade the Family Court to place her small children for adoption? In this hard-hitting account of her work representing parents in care proceedings in the Family Court, child protection lawyer Teresa Thornhill conveys the dilemmas inherent in the job and shows how our under-resourced system of child protection - in both its social work and legal aspects - often fails to provide support that could enable the most vulnerable parents to continue to care for their children.

Product details

• Authors: Teresa Thornhill
• Publisher: Element Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 14.03.2024
• EAN: 9780008657840
• ISBN: 978-0-00-865784-0
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 240 mm x 33 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Biographies, autobiographies; England, Wales, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Law Enforcement, Memoirs, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Lawyers & Judges, LAW / Family Law / Children, Social welfare & social services, Social welfare and social services, True stories of heroism, endurance & survival, Child welfare, Social services & welfare, criminology, Social services and welfare, criminology, Child welfare and youth services, True stories of survival of abuse and injustice, Family law: children, Legal profession: general, Legal profession / practice of law: general, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Memoirs