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Social work law /

By: Brammer, Alison [author.].
Contributor(s): Munby, James, 1948- [author of Foreword.].
Series: Always learning: Publisher: Harlow : Pearson Education Limited, 2015Edition: 4th edition.Description: lxiv, 614 pages ; illustrations ; 25 cm.Content type: text | text | still image Media type: unmediated | unmediated Carrier type: volume | volumeISBN: 9781408294055; 9781408294055:; 1408294052; 1408294060; 9781408294062.Subject(s): Social workers -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- England | Social legislation -- EnglandDDC classification: 344.420313
Contents:
Introduction to law and social work practice -- Sources of law -- Courts and law officers -- Social workers' role in law -- The Human Rights act 1998 and social work practice -- Discrimination -- Supporting children and families -- Children and family breakdown -- Child protection -- Looked after children -- Adoption -- Education -- Youth justice -- Adult social care -- Mental health -- Mental capacity -- Adult safeguarding -- Criminal justice -- Welfare and homelessness -- Asylum.
Summary: Especially written for the non-lawyer, this is a guide to the legal framework and substantive law relating to social work. It explores the dynamic relationship between the law and social work practice, and emphasises the crucial role of anti-discriminatory practice and the growing influence of the Human Rights Act 1998.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction to law and social work practice -- Sources of law -- Courts and law officers -- Social workers' role in law -- The Human Rights act 1998 and social work practice -- Discrimination -- Supporting children and families -- Children and family breakdown -- Child protection -- Looked after children -- Adoption -- Education -- Youth justice -- Adult social care -- Mental health -- Mental capacity -- Adult safeguarding -- Criminal justice -- Welfare and homelessness -- Asylum.

Especially written for the non-lawyer, this is a guide to the legal framework and substantive law relating to social work. It explores the dynamic relationship between the law and social work practice, and emphasises the crucial role of anti-discriminatory practice and the growing influence of the Human Rights Act 1998.

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