The Law and Social Work: Contemporary Issues for Practice

ISBN-13: 9780230543034 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 248 str.

Lesley-Anne Long

Opis

This is an essential text for all those undertaking social work training. Updated to reflect recent changes in legislation and practice in working with children and families, domestic violence, human rights and social services, the second edition contains new chapters to provide comprehensive coverage of the key themes of social work law.

Spis treści

Introduction; L.A.Long, J.Roche & D.Stringer Social Work Values and the Law; J.Roche State Intervention in Family Life; S.Gilmore Partnership or Participation?; L.Rai & D.Stringer The More Things Change, the More they Remain the Same? Law, Social Work and Counteracting Discrimination; M.Preston-Shoot Risk, Social Work and Social Care: The Example of Children's Social Care; N.Parton Accountability; P.Welbourne Remedies; J.Williams The Role of Assessment in Social Work; J.Aldgate Youth Justice; H.Keating Can you Keep a Secret? Children, Human Rights, and the Law of Medical Confidentiality; J.Loughrey Vulnerability, Autonomy, Capacity and Consent; R.Johns Community Care and the Promotion of Independence; A.Brammer.

O autorze

LESLEY-ANNE LONG is an experienced family law barrister and is now working in higher education as a senior lecturer in law. Previously Dean of the Faculty of Health& Social Care at the Open University, UK, Lesley-Anne is presently Director of an OU international development programme in sub-Saharan Africa.
 
JEREMY ROCHE is Associate Dean (Curriculum and Awards) in the Faculty of Health and Social Care and Senior Lecturer in law. He has written extensively on children and the law, and children's rights and is co-editor of Youth in Society (1997), Children in Society (2001) and Social Work and the Law in Scotland (2003).
   
DEBBIE STRINGER is a solicitor (non-practicing) and senior lecturer in law in the Faculty of Health and Social Care at the Open University, UK. Her research interests include the relationship between the law and the family.

Blurb

The Law and Social Work is up-to-date and contemporary. It analyses
current debates around confidentiality, State intervention and the legal
issues impacting on children, young people, families and vulnerable
adults. It also offers an insightful discussion of central social work
themes, integrating:
? Ethics and values
? Discrimination
? Assessment and intervention
? Accountability
Charting the changes in law and practice over the past ten years, this
new edition provides thematic accounts of key areas of development.
It also reflects the pace of change in a number of spheres, including
youth justice, mental health and discrimination law.
Written by leading academics and social work practitioners widely
published in their fields of expertise, this is an authoritative text for
social work students, practitioners and professionals across the health
and social care spectrum.