Using the Law in Social Work (Tenth Edition)

Tenth Auflage
ISBN: 978-1-0362-0945-2
Verlag: Learning Matters

Buch, Englisch, 280 Seiten, Format (B × H): 170 mm x 244 mm, Gewicht: 492 g

Reihe: Transforming Social Work Practice Series

A core function of social work is to assist, empower, and protect the most vulnerable in society, requiring social workers to often make decisions in complex and challenging situations. This book helps social workers understand their statutory duties, keep up to date with relevant law, legislation and legal processes and learn how to apply this knowledge to social work practice. Using jargon-free language, it provides a grounding in legally appropriate, rights-based social work across services for children and families and child protection, adult care law, youth justice, court work, professional regulation and human rights.

With this new edition, you will

- Build confidence with the latest professional standards, regulatory requirements, and apprenticeship frameworks.

- Understand how the Children’s Social Care National Framework shapes practice with children, families, and services

- Stay up to date with current legislation, professional guidance, and key social work law sources.

- Apply legal knowledge to everyday practice through real-world examples and case studies.

- Prepare for placement and practice with updated coverage of children and families, youth justice, safeguarding, court work, and professional accountability.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Johns, Robert

Harry, Jacqueline

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1: But I want to be a social worker, not a lawyer
Chapter 2: Human rights
Chapter 3: Children’s rights and needs
Chapter 4: Meeting children’s needs when things go wrong
Chapter 5: Adult social care
Chapter 6: Adults with additional support needs
Chapter 7: Youth justice
Chapter 8: Ending up in court
Chapter 9: Providing a quality service

Über Autor(innen)

Johns, Robert
Before moving into social work education, Robert Johns worked for a number of years in a range of social work roles, predominantly in the public sector. His specialisms were youth justice and court-work, representing the interests of children involved in care proceedings. Academically, his major abiding interest has been social work law but he has also taught social policy and social work values and ethics, hence his latest book, Ethics and Law for Social Workers. Currently, he teaches at the University of East London, where has been Head of Social Work and programme leader for the qualifying MA offered in conjunction with the Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust. He is the author of Using the Law in Social Work, now in its sixth edition, Social Work, Social Policy and Older People and, most recently, Capacity and Autonomy.