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.

Practising Social Work Law

Politics & Social Sciences

Preston-Shoot, Michael

Braye, Suzy

Social Sciences

PALGRAVE~MACMILLAN

Effective Groupwork

Palgrave HE UK

This book explores the relationship between the law and social work: the social context of welfare law, the powers and duties social workers have, the practice dilemmas that confront them in applying the law and the conflicting imperatives that underpin it. It helps practitioners use legal knowledge by applying a decision-making framework to practice situations and by clarifying the values and skills for effective practice. This substantially revised and extended second edition updates developments in social work law and provides an even more comprehensive resource for students and practitioners alike.

Corden, John, Preston-Shoot, Michael

Contracts in Social Work (Community Care Practice Handbooks)

Corden, John

Gower Pub.Co.

Professional Accountability in Social Care and Health: Challenging Unacceptable Practice And Its Management (Creating Integrated Services Series)

Many social workers, health care staff and teachers maintain high standards of professionalism, often in stressful and challenging circumstances. However, research also reveals instances where individual practitioners and managers, or whole organisations, fail to act lawfully, ethically and/or carefully. This book addresses just those instances by providing guidance on how to maintain accountable professionalism in tricky "what if?" situations. Dilemmas are explored using case studies and the mosaic of legal rules and regulatory body requirements for accountable professionalism are also laid out. The book will appeal to students and newly qualified practitioners in teaching, health and social work and their managers.

Professional Accountability in Social Care and Health: Challenging unacceptable practice and its management (Creating Integrated Services Series)

Kline, Roger

Learning Matters

What does the law require of social workers when deciding how to intervene to protect children and adults at risk? What social work standards should guide decisions about whether, when and how to invoke statutory powers and duties in practice? Making Good Decisions provides an accessible and practical guide to the legal rules and principles that should guide everyday social work practice. It sets out the key elements of administrative law, equality and human rights legislation which shape how social workers practise and illustrates how knowledge and use of legal principles can support core social work goals, including empowerment, equality and social justice. An invaluable reference point for all students and practitioners, this book will support and empower social workers to feel more confident in making and challenging decisions, more credible when presenting assessments and plans, and more creative when working with service users and carers.The text is supported by a range of innovative features and boxed information to aid learning and stimulate reflection:- Key Case Analysis boxes summarize the details of particular legal cases and outline the implications for social work practice- Practice Focus boxes apply legal principles and processes to practice through the use of social work scenarios- On-The-Spot Questions reinforce understanding and encourage critical reflection

Making Good Decisions: Law for Social Work Practice (Focus on Social Work Law)

Palgrave

Making Good Decisions: Law for Social Work Practice (Focus on Social Work Law, 9)

Business & Money

Economics

Bloomsbury USA Academic

This new edition is inspired both by the need to take the changed welfare context into account and the need to draw on the latest theory and research in discussing the process of planning, facilitating/leading and managing groups.

Effective Groupwork (Practical Social Work Series, 48)

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