Social Workers, Children, and the Law

Name: Social Workers, Children, and the Law
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ISBN: 9780198252795

ISBN-10: 019825279X

ISBN-13: 9780198252795

Edition: 1994

Authors: Clive Grace

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In this thought-provoking account, Clive Grace persuasively argues that the operation of UK child care law cannot be properly understood without consideration of the ways in which social workers use law in their day to day dealings with children and their families. As this book highlights, social workers often interpret their legal powers and obligations in ways which do not resemble the law as it is framed in statute--often due to their ignorance of even the most basic obligations created by law. Based on extensive empirical research involving over 180 case studies, Grace examines how social workers are hampered by a lack of policy direction at the departmental level, and offers a number…

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List price: $55.00
Copyright year: 1994
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 11/24/1994
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 256
Size: 5.75" wide x 8.75" long x 0.82" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English

The Social Framework of Legal Action	p. 1
Enlisting the Law	p. 56
Deflecting the Law	p. 89
Explaining the Law	p. 107
Avoiding the Law	p. 136
Law as Resource	p. 158
Webs of Significance	p. 196
Bibliography	p. 231
Index	p. 237
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