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Ethics and Law for Social Workers
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Ethics and Law for Social Workers



November 2015 | 200 pages | SAGE Publications Ltd
How do social workers in the UK legal context act ethically? What do we understand by ethics and how does social work law relate to it? Social work practice in all countries incorporates a clear, unstinting commitment to social justice, but what is social justice?

 

Using an applied, practice-based and refreshingly 'real' approach, this text bridges the gap between law and ethics. Each chapter opens with a case study which considers ethical dilemmas in real life practice. Chapters have been designed to help students strengthen their critical reflection skills, encouraging consideration of the legal and ethical dimensions of social work generally and in personal practice. Topics such as care proceedings, adoption, community care, youth justice, mental capacity and accountability explore how understanding and application are equally important.

 
Introduction - But I want to be a social worker, not a philosopher!
 
Judging actions or people?
 
Social workers, social justice and the law
 
Accountability, ethics and the law
 
Protecting children or supporting parents?
 
Whose future? The ethics of compulsory adoption law
 
Youth justice
 
Community care and the ethics of resource allocation
 
Making decisions on behalf of other people: promoting the best interests of vulnerable adults
 
Acting legally, acting ethically

Whilst students need to understand the relevant legal frameworks for social work practice, this text supports them to explore the important relationship between law and practice, in the context of the range of not uncommon practice dilemmas. It is highly recommended to students completing the Rights, Justice and Equality Module.

Mr Peter Simcock
Social Work (Stoke), Staffordshire University
March 7, 2016
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Robert Johns

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... More About Author

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