Using the Law in Social Work
10th Edition
Published on 27. December 2025
280 pages
978-1-0362-4146-9 (ISBN)
Description
A core function of social work is to assist, empower, and protect the most vulnerable in society, requiring social workers to often make decisions in complex and challenging situations. This book helps social workers understand their statutory duties, keep up to date with relevant law, legislation and legal processes and learn how to apply this knowledge to social work practice. Using jargon-free language, it provides a grounding in legally appropriate, rights-based social work across services for children and families and child protection, adult care law, youth justice, court work, professional regulation and human rights.
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Series
Edition
Tenth Edition
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
SAGE Publishing (Digital)
Target group
College/higher education
Product notice
Reflowable
File size
5,78 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-0362-4146-9 (9781036241469)
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Robert Johns | Jacqueline Harry
Using the Law in Social Work
Book
approx. 01/2026
10th Edition
SAGE Publications Ltd
€151.70
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Robert Johns | Jacqueline Harry
Using the Law in Social Work
Book
approx. 01/2026
10th Edition
SAGE Publications Ltd
€176.30
Not yet published
Persons
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.
Content
Chapter 1: But I want to be a social worker, not a lawyer
Chapter 2: Human rights
Chapter 3: Children's rights and needs
Chapter 4: Meeting children's needs when things go wrong
Chapter 5: Adult social care
Chapter 6: Adults with additional support needs
Chapter 7: Youth justice
Chapter 8: Ending up in court
Chapter 9: Providing a quality service
Chapter 2: Human rights
Chapter 3: Children's rights and needs
Chapter 4: Meeting children's needs when things go wrong
Chapter 5: Adult social care
Chapter 6: Adults with additional support needs
Chapter 7: Youth justice
Chapter 8: Ending up in court
Chapter 9: Providing a quality service
