The Law and Social Work

Contemporary Issues for Practice

Lesley-Anne Long, Jeremy Roche, Debbie Stringer (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

248 Seiten

2010 | 2nd edition
Red Globe Press (Verlag)
978-0-230-54303-4 (ISBN)

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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.

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.

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.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	6.1.2010
Zusatzinfo	100 bw illus
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	354 g
Themenwelt	Recht / Steuern ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Recht / Steuern ► Arbeits- / Sozialrecht ► Sozialrecht
	Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Sozialpädagogik
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	0-230-54303-0 / 0230543030
ISBN-13	978-0-230-54303-4 / 9780230543034
Zustand	Neuware