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Law and the social work practitioner : a manual for practice / Rodger White, Graeme Broadbent and Keith Brown.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- White, Rodger.
- Series:
- Post-qualifying social work practice.
- Post-qualifying social work practice
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Social workers--Legal status, laws, etc--Great Britain.
- Social workers.
- Public welfare--Law and legislation--Great Britain.
- Public welfare.
- Social service--Great Britain.
- Social service.
- Physical Description:
- xxii, 191 p.
- Edition:
- 2nd ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Exeter [England] : Learning Matters, 2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This book explores all the main areas of social work law, including children, mental health and community care.
- Contents:
- Understanding law
- Interpreting rules : a domestic and a statutory example
- The English legal system
- Children's legislation : principles of law and practice
- Adoption
- Youth justice
- Mental health law : an outline
- Community care law : an introduction
- Decision-making : the legal framework (administrative law)
- Discrimination and the law
- Law and policy on domestic violence
- Housing (homelessness) legislation
- The Human Rights Act 1998.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-85725-217-8
- 1-282-72537-8
- 9786612725371
- 0-85725-358-1
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