- A research-informed commentary and up-to-date guide to case law, including the Care Act 2014, the Equality Act 2010, and the Children and Families Act 2014
- Features extended practice examples and questions for reflection to illustrate how law applies to real life social work practice
- Provides a framework for students to understand how the law works and how it relates to social work practice
- Written by leading names in social work law
- Part of the best-selling Practical Social Work series, published in association with the British Association of Social Workers
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Combines up-to-date statute, case law and guidance with extended practice examples and questions for reflection
SUZY BRAYE is Emerita Professor of Social Work at the University of Sussex, UK, and an independent consultant in adult social care and safeguarding. Her professional background is in social work, specializing in mental health, and in management of local authority children's services. As an educator and researcher, she has written widely on social work and the law, legal literacy, adult social care and self-neglect. She is a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences and Editor of the European Journal of Social Work.
MICHAEL PRESTON-SHOOT is Professor of Social Work and Executive Dean of the Faculty of Health and Social Sciences at the University of Bedfordshire, UK.
This fully revised fourth edition of a well-respected textbook seeks to build social workers' confidence in legal interpretation and implementation - practitioners must not only know the law; they must also have a critical appreciation of its implications for human rights, civil liberties and social justice. With a focus on promoting knowledge and skills in recognising, locating and articulating legal issues, it also demonstrates how the law can be used to inform practice standards and deliver positive outcomes for service users.
This is essential reading for Social Work Law modules at undergraduate and postgraduate level. Practitioners and educators will also find it an invaluable resource to guide them through a complex, yet vital, aspect of their work.
|Since the third edition of Practising Social Work Law published in 2010, new legislation – such as the Care Act 2014, the Equality Act 2010, and the Children and Families Act 2014 – has had a significant impact on the social work profession. Practitioners must not only know the law; they must also have a critical appreciation of its implications for human rights, civil liberties and social justice. They must exercise their powers and duties in ways underpinned by professional ethics, in a context of severe resource constraint and under constant public and political scrutiny.
Now going into its fourth edition, Practising Social Work Law seeks to build social workers' confidence in legal interpretation and implementation. It focuses on promoting practitioners' knowledge and skills in recognising, locating and articulating legal issues, and using the law to inform practice standards and deliver positive outcomes for service users.
This timely, fully revised new edition of this well-respected text combines up-to-date statute, case law and guidance with extended practice examples and questions for reflection, making it an invaluable resource for students, practitioners and educators alike.
Table Of Regulations.- Abbreviations.- Table Of Statute.- Table Of Cases.- Preface To The Fourth Edition.- 1. Towards Practising Social Work Law.- 2. Social Work Law: Critical Perspectives.- 3. Beyond Dilemmas To Decisions.- 4. Care And Support To Adults.- 5. Using The Law To Work With Children, Young People And Their Families.- 6. Frameworks For Decision-Making And Accountability.- 7. Frameworks For Partnership Work.- 8. Making Sense Of Practice.- References
This fully revised fourth edition of a well-respected textbook seeks to build social workers' confidence in legal interpretation and implementation - practitioners must not only know the law;
Table Of Regulations.- Abbreviations.- Table Of Statute.- Table Of Cases.- Preface To The Fourth Edition.- 1. Towards Practising Social Work Law.- 2. Social Work Law: Critical Perspectives.- 3. Beyond Dilemmas To Decisions.- 4. Care And Support To Adults.- 5. Using The Law To Work With Children, Young People And Their Families.- 6. Frameworks For Decision-Making And Accountability.- 7. Frameworks For Partnership Work.- 8. Making Sense Of Practice.- References
Über den Autor
Suzy Braye and Michael Preston-Shoot
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Table Of Regulations.- Abbreviations.- Table Of Statute.- Table Of Cases.- Preface To The Fourth Edition.- 1. Towards Practising Social Work Law.- 2. Social Work Law: Critical Perspectives.- 3. Beyond Dilemmas To Decisions.- 4. Care And Support To Adults.- 5. Using The Law To Work With Children, Young People And Their Families.- 6. Frameworks For Decision-Making And Accountability.- 7. Frameworks For Partnership Work.- 8. Making Sense Of Practice.- References
Klappentext
This fully revised fourth edition of a well-respected textbook seeks to build social workers' confidence in legal interpretation and implementation - practitioners must not only know the law; they must also have a critical appreciation of its implications for human rights, civil liberties and social justice. With a focus on promoting knowledge and skills in recognising, locating and articulating legal issues, it also demonstrates how the law can be used to inform practice standards and deliver positive outcomes for service users.
This is essential reading for Social Work Law modules at undergraduate and postgraduate level. Practitioners and educators will also find it an invaluable resource to guide them through a complex, yet vital, aspect of their work.
This fourth edition takes account of recent legal developments and offers a thorough, up-to-date, and authoritative analysis of the interface between legal rules and social work practice.
