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  • © 1999

Law for Social Work Practice

Working with Vulnerable Adults

Authors:

  1. Robert Johns
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  2. Andrew Sedgwick
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  • Social work law is core to the social work curriculum, and this is the only social work law text to consider exclusively the needs of vulnerable adults, who tend to get overlooked in the literature
    Innovative case study approach relates the knowledge of the law to the realities of social work practice, bridging the gap for students and practitioners who need guidance in applying their knowledge

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Social Care Law in Practice

    • Robert Johns, Andrew Sedgwick
    Pages 1-19

  3. Assessing Needs and Providing Services

    • Robert Johns, Andrew Sedgwick
    Pages 20-50

  4. Advocacy: Speaking on Someone’s Behalf

    • Robert Johns, Andrew Sedgwick
    Pages 51-76

  5. Advocacy: Acting on Someone’s Behalf

    • Robert Johns, Andrew Sedgwick
    Pages 77-103

  6. Preparing to Live with Someone Else

    • Robert Johns, Andrew Sedgwick
    Pages 104-131

  7. Protecting Adults from Abuse or Harm

    • Robert Johns, Andrew Sedgwick
    Pages 132-161

  8. Protecting People from Themselves

    • Robert Johns, Andrew Sedgwick
    Pages 162-192

  9. Adults who Become the Victims of Crime

    • Robert Johns, Andrew Sedgwick
    Pages 193-219

  10. Promoting Rights

    • Robert Johns, Andrew Sedgwick
    Pages 220-226

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 227-238
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About this book

In adopting an innovative case-study approach to social work law and practice, this text fills a genuine need for a book which applies legal knowledge to the practice predicaments social workers face in their daily work. Focusing on an area of law not covered in depth in standard texts currently available, it offers clear and accessible coverage of care in the community and protection of the most vulnerable in our society in a stimulating practice-focused way.
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About the authors

ROBERT JOHNS and ANDREW SEDGWICK both lecture on social work qualifying courses at De Montfort University.
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Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Law for Social Work Practice

  • Book Subtitle: Working with Vulnerable Adults

  • Authors: Robert Johns, Andrew Sedgwick

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-14473-0

  • Publisher: Red Globe Press London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave Social & Cultural Studies Collection, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Robert Johns and Andrew Sedgwick 1999

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-0-333-69378-0Due: 11 December 1998

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIII, 256

  • Additional Information: Previously published under the imprint Palgrave

  • Topics: Social Policy

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