When you study social work law, it can feel like there are many more questions than answers. Practising Social Work Law is here to help.
Arguing that knowledge of the law alone is insufficient, this book identifies the connections between law and social work to provide readers with the critical knowledge needed for competent practice. It analyzes the practice-based dilemmas social workers often encounter, and clarifies the values, skills and understanding needed to make sound professional decisions and judgements.
This is a fully revised and extended edition of a well respected text. It includes new material in every chapter, incorporating research-informed commentary and up-to-date case law and guidance. Written by two leading authorities in the field, it is an invaluable resource for students, practitioners and educators alike.
Acknowledgements
Table of Legal Rules
Abbreviations
Tables of Cases
Preface to the Third Edition
Towards Practising Social Work Law
Social Work Law: Critical Perspectives
Beyond Dilemmas to Decisions
Adult Services, Mental well-being and Criminal Justice
Children, Young People and Their Families
Frameworks, Professional Decision-making and Accountability
Frameworks for Partnership Working
Making Sense of Practice
References
SUZY BRAYE is Professor of Social Work and Head of Department, Social Work & Social Care, at the University of Sussex, UK, and is the Editor of the European Journal of Social Work. She has written widely on social work and the law, adult services provision and the participation of experts by experience in social work policy, practice, education and research, and has worked in mental health and adult care, staff development and children's services management.
MICHAEL PRESTON-SHOOT is Professor of Social Work and Dean of the Faculty of Health and Social Sciences at the University of Bedfordshire, UK. He is an Independent Chair of both a safeguarding vulnerable adults board and a local safeguarding children's board. He has researched and written extensively on social work law, and also on social work education and service user experiences of service provision. He is Joint Founding Editor of Ethics and Social Welfare.
Suzy and Michael are the authors of the Social Care Institute for Excellence's (SCIE) award-winning e-learning objects for social work law.
Description
When you study social work law, it can feel like there are many more questions than answers. Practising Social Work Law is here to help.
Arguing that knowledge of the law alone is insufficient, this book identifies the connections between law and social work to provide readers with the critical knowledge needed for competent practice. It analyzes the practice-based dilemmas social workers often encounter, and clarifies the values, skills and understanding needed to make sound professional decisions and judgements.
This is a fully revised and extended edition of a well respected text. It includes new material in every chapter, incorporating research-informed commentary and up-to-date case law and guidance. Written by two leading authorities in the field, it is an invaluable resource for students, practitioners and educators alike.
Contents
Acknowledgements
Table of Legal Rules
Abbreviations
Tables of Cases
Preface to the Third Edition
Towards Practising Social Work Law
Social Work Law: Critical Perspectives
Beyond Dilemmas to Decisions
Adult Services, Mental well-being and Criminal Justice
Children, Young People and Their Families
Frameworks, Professional Decision-making and Accountability
Frameworks for Partnership Working
Making Sense of Practice
References
Authors
SUZY BRAYE is Professor of Social Work and Head of Department, Social Work & Social Care, at the University of Sussex, UK, and is the Editor of the European Journal of Social Work. She has written widely on social work and the law, adult services provision and the participation of experts by experience in social work policy, practice, education and research, and has worked in mental health and adult care, staff development and children's services management.
MICHAEL PRESTON-SHOOT is Professor of Social Work and Dean of the Faculty of Health and Social Sciences at the University of Bedfordshire, UK. He is an Independent Chair of both a safeguarding vulnerable adults board and a local safeguarding children's board. He has researched and written extensively on social work law, and also on social work education and service user experiences of service provision. He is Joint Founding Editor of Ethics and Social Welfare.
Suzy and Michael are the authors of the Social Care Institute for Excellence's (SCIE) award-winning e-learning objects for social work law.
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