Using the Law in Social Work (Transforming Social Work Practice Series) - Softcover

Johns, Robert

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1526488140 ISBN 13: 9781526488145

Publisher: Learning Matters, 2020

Synopsis

This book avoids complicated legal jargon remote from the everyday realities of practice, offering instead a grounding in legally-appropriate, rights-based social work. It covers the full range of social work law, including services for children and families and child protection (including the Children and Families Act 2014), adult care law (including mental capacity and the Care Act 2014), youth justice, court work, professional regulation and human rights.

About this title

About the Author

Before moving into social work education, Robert Johns worked for a number of years in a range of social work roles, predominantly in the public sector. His specialisms were youth justice and court-work, representing the interests of children involved in care proceedings. Academically, his major abiding interest has been social work law but he has also taught social policy and social work values and ethics, hence his latest book, Ethics and Law for Social Workers. Currently, he teaches  at the University of East London, where has been Head of Social Work and programme leader for the qualifying MA offered in conjunction with the Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust. He is the author of Using the Law in Social Work, now in its sixth edition, Social Work, Social Policy and Older People and, most recently,  Capacity and Autonomy.

Edition details

• Publisher: Learning Matters
• Publication date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1526488140
• ISBN 13: 9781526488145
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 248