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• Table of cases
• Table of legislation
• Series editor’s preface
• Introduction to the ninth edition
• 1 But I want to be a social worker, not a lawyer
• Introduction
• Why law?
• What went wrong in Cleveland?
• How and why is the law changed?
• What kinds of laws are there?
• How does the law operate to set boundaries but without interfering too much in everyday practice?
• Chapter summary
• Further reading
• Websites
• 2 Human rights
• Introduction
• What are human rights?
• How are infringements of people’s rights challenged? How can decisions be challenged?
• Human Rights Act 1998 and the European Convention on human rights
• Applying the European Convention on human rights benchmark
• Mental health, the European convention on human rights and ‘persons of unsound mind’
• The challenge of reviewing mental health legislation
• Chapter summary
• Further reading
• Websites
• 3 Children’s rights and needs
• Introduction
• What is a child?
• Children’s rights
• Meeting children’s needs for education
• Supporting families and helping them to look after children
• Providing substitute care
• Transition into adulthood
• Chapter summary
• Further reading
• Websites
• 4 Meeting children’s needs when things go wrong
• Introduction
• Parenthood, parenting and parental responsibility
• Principles that apply to court cases
• Disputes within families
• Child-safeguarding investigations
• Child-safeguarding intervention
• Speaking up for children
• Extra-familial harm
• System failure
• Chapter summary
• Further reading
• Official guidance
• Websites
• 5 Adult social care
• Introduction
• What are social care services?
• Assessment is the key
• What services can be provided?
• Commissioning services
• Withdrawing services
• Experiencing adult social care
• Integrating health and social care, finance and empowerment
• Chapter summary
• Further reading
• Websites
• 6 Adults with additional support needs
• Introduction
• Safeguarding adults
• Mental capacity and empowerment
• Enforced care and deprivation of liberty
• Imposing protective measures
• Advocacy
• Law and ethics
• Chapter summary
• Further reading
• Websites
• 7 Youth justice
• Introduction
• Preventing crime
• Arrest and bail
• What happens after an arrest? (Figure 7.1)
• Dealing with first offenders
• After the first offence
• Youth rehabilitation orders
• Parenting orders
• Custody
• Special kinds of orders
• Experiencing the youth justice system
• Comment
• Chapter summary
• Further reading
• Websites
• 8 Ending up in court
• Introduction
• Why is the court so important as a forum for decision-making in social work?
• When are social workers likely to end up in court?
• Appearing in court can be fun
• Who’s who in the court system?
• What happens in court?
• What does it feel like to go to court?
• Key messages from research
• Making court a positive experience
• Chapter summary
• Further reading
• Websites
• 9 Providing a quality service
• Introduction
• Professional standards and promoting sound practice
• Quality assurance of services and standards of care
• Accountability and confidentiality
• Social workers, their employers and the public
• Other areas of law relevant to social work
• Summarising the role of law in social work
• Review and the future: what next?
• Further reading
• Websites
• Exercise answers
• Appendix 1: Professional capabilities framework (2018)
• Appendix 2: Subject benchmark for social work (2019)
• Appendix 3: Professional standards (England and Wales)
• Appendix 4: Social worker (Integrated Degree) (England)
• References
• Index