Caroline Ball, Ann McDonald

Law for Social Workers

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Since 1996, the pace of change has been remorseless: Part IV of the Family Law Act has been implemented; youth justice in England and Wales has been substantially reformed; the Human Rights Act 1998 impacts on areas of social work practice; and social security law has been significantly amended. The Adoption and Children Act 2002 will both radically reform the law relating to the adoption of children and significantly amend the Children Act 1989. All these important changes, central to social work practice, are addressed in detail.

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This text provides those who have little or no previous knowledge of the subject with an introduction to the legal context of both the general and more specialist areas of social work practice.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• 4 ed
• Seitenzahl: 280
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Dezember 2002
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 158mm x 234mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 434g
• ISBN-13: 9780754617785
• ISBN-10: 0754617785
• Artikelnr.: 21136222

Autorenporträt

Caroline Ball ; Ann McDonald

Inhaltsangabe

Contents: The Legal Context of Social Work Practice: Nature, sources and administration of law
Social work and the Human Rights Act 1998
Discrimination
Challenging local authority decisions. Children and Families: Child and family social work: the evolving legal framework
Parents, guardians and parental responsibility
Family breakdown
Local authorities' powers and duties
Children in need of protection
Care and supervision
Adoption. Vulnerable Adults: Community care
Mentally disordered people. Youth Justice: The youth justice system and pre-trial decisions
Sentencing in the youth court. Legal Issues for Clients: Housing
Education
Welfare benefits
The criminal process. Scotland: Social Work Law in Scotland, Janice McGhee
Bibliography
Indices.