Law for Social Workers

by Helen Carr (Author), Hugh Brayne (Author)

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  2005

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  Law for Social Workers has for 15 years been the leading text in its field, providing students with exactly what they need in order to understand the legal framework in which social workers act. This book covers the laws that protect people from harm and enable social workers to assess needs and provide services to meet those needs. It provides clear information on key issues in social work law, such as the role of human rights and professional ethics, the potential conflict between a social worker's duties to society and the user and the new focus on partnership working; law and the legal system (with detailed help on issues of discrimination, immigration status, and responsible information handling), plus the workings of the courts, working with children, including the civil and criminal courts; working with adults; and legal issues relating to violence, family breakdown, housing, and immigration and asylum.

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  Paperback
  1991

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  Hardcover
  2003

  $3.22

  Law for Social Workers provides students with exactly what they need to in order to understand the legal framework in which social workers act. This book covers the laws that restrict, monitor, and mould this position in society, and ultimately govern how social work is carried out. It provides clear information on key issues in social work law, such as the social worker's duties to society and the 'client'; law and the legal system (with detailed help on the issues of discrimination, human rights, and immigration status), plus the workings of the courts; working with children, including in the civil and criminal courts; working with adults; and legal issues relating to violence, family breakdown, and housing. Each section begins with an introduction to the unifying theme that runs through the following chapters. Individual chapters start with a case study based on a recent case or enquiry, highlighting the vital issues that the chapters will explore (for example, an Introductory case study on the Climbie enquiry). Key learning points are set out early in the chapter, and each part contains questions with guidance on the accompanying companion web site.