Social Work Practice and the Law (eBook)

Lyn K. Slater, Kara R. Finck, Marcia Hopkins (Autoren)

eBook Download: EPUB

2025 | 2., Second Edition, New Edition
426 Seiten
Springer Publishing Company (Verlag)
978-0-8261-0076-4 (ISBN)

Infos

This is the first book to give social workers the tools to understand their clients’ legal needs and rights and to address them collaboratively and effectively. The authors ground their text in a comprehensive grasp of the legal system and the inequities of race, class, and gender that shape clients’ experiences. Social Work Practice and the Law is a powerful call for social workers to be passionate and skillful advocates for their clients. Essential reading for social workers and lawyers alike who serve low-income people entangled in systems that so often fail them.

Dorothy Roberts, JD

George A. Weiss University Professor of Law and Sociology and the Raymond Pace and Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander Professor of Civil Rights at the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School

The second edition is a concise guide to collaboration between social workers and attorneys to promote client advocacy and justice.

This textbook explores how social workers and lawyers can work together effectively by examining the history, principles, and best practices at the intersection of social work and the law. It uses social science research and real case examples to help social workers identify legal issues and work effectively with attorneys to support clients. With tools for interviews, testimony preparation, and interdisciplinary research, the second edition is especially useful for social work students preparing for practice in legal settings. CourseConnect: Know, use, and test your understanding of course content with CourseConnect—an interactive learning platform included with your print purchase.

What's New:

• Research and legal developments include forensic social work, problem-solving courts, and legal reform


• Updated case examples illustrate key concepts in practice


• Includes tools for reflection and application


• Offers expanded opportunities for students to connect theory with real-world practice

Key Features:

• Explores legal systems and best practices for interdisciplinary collaboration between social workers and lawyers


• Builds skills in legal issue identification, client advocacy, and collaboration with attorneys


• Includes case studies, interview models, research memos, and witness preparation tools


• Written by experienced social work and legal professionals with decades of joint practice


• Instructor Resources: Instructor Resources include Instructor's Manual and Chapter PowerPoint slides

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Inhalt

Preface

Acknowledgments

Resources

Chapter 1. Identifying the Legal Needs and Realizing the Rights of Social Work Clients

Chapter 2. A Conceptual and Historical Framework for Using the Law in Social Work Practice 

Chapter 3. Roles and Ethics

Chapter 4. The Implicit and Explicit Context of Social Work Practice

Chapter 5. Social Work Functions, Knowledge, and Skills in the Legal Context

Chapter 6. Civil Proceedings, Players, and the Client

Chapter 7. Criminal Proceedings, Stakeholders, and the Client

Chapter 8. Trial and Hearings: General Knowledge and Skills for Civil and Criminal Proceedings

Chapter 9. The Intersection of Law and Social Work in Civil Proceedings

Chapter 10. The Intersection of Social Work and the Law in Criminal Proceedings

Chapter 11. Alternatives to Traditional Methods of Addressing Legal and Social Problems

Chapter 12. Administrative Proceedings, Players, and Advocacy Roles

Chapter 13. Macro-Level Social Work Practice and Systemic Reform

Index

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 15.10.2025
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik
• Schlagworte: lawyer and social worker • Social work and the law • social work law • social work practice and the law
• ISBN-10: 0-8261-0076-7 / 0826100767
• ISBN-13: 978-0-8261-0076-4 / 9780826100764