Law and social work practice / Raymond Albert.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Albert, Raymond.

Series:

Springer series on social work (Unnumbered)

Springer series on social work

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Law--United States.

Law.

Public welfare--Law and legislation--United States.

Public welfare.

Social workers--Legal status, laws, etc--United States.

Social workers.

Social workers--United States--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (561 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Springer, c2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This completely rewritten and updated new edition of a practical text continues to provide a firm introduction to law and legal processes and their relation to social work practice. Using Clinton's welfare reform act of 1996, Albert provides a conceptual framework to illustrate how socio-legal problems emerge in the welfare state, and presents the skills base necessary for effective social work response. A new section on socio-legal issues highlights many fields where social worker-lawyer partnerships can occur, such as civil rights and advocacy, the death penalty, liability for neglect in nur

Contents:

Contents; Contributors; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; PART I: AN INTRODUCTION TO LEGAL PROCESSES; PART II: SKILLS DIMENSION; PART III: SOCIO-LEGAL ISSUES IN SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE; Notes; Table of Cases; References; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 513-524) and index.

ISBN:

1-281-81356-7

9786611813567

0-8261-4892-1

OCLC:

476263097