Publisher's Synopsis
Social workers have been blamed in the media for not knowing or understanding the law or their rights and duties in controversial cases such as the Cleveland affair.;The Central Council for Education and Training in Social Work has emphasized the importance of a good grounding in law for trainee social workers. This book sets out the essential areas of law and legal procedures and covers all the core areas recommended by the CCETSW.;It explains the differences between situations where a social worker must act, may act, or may not act and has been updated to include the new regulations and Codes of the Children Act 1989.
