• ISBN13: 9781446266533
• Binding: Paperback
• Subject: Sociology and Anthropology
• Publisher: Sage Publications
• Publisher Imprint: Sage Publications
• Publication Date: January 1, 2013
• Pages: 232
• Original Price: GBP 34.99
• Language: English
• Edition: N/A
• Item Weight: 409 grams
• BISAC Subject(s): Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice and Social Work

The English legal system in the area of social work with children and families can be bewildering and complex and it is vital therefore that any textbook on the subject uses case law, case studies and research to critically-engage social workers and students alike. This book does just that - by examining, and putting into clear practical context, the current law and policy relating to social work with children and families. A guide for both students on placement as well as Newly Qualified Social Workers (NQSWs) entering their first roles within children and families teams, Practical Child Law for Social Workers is essential reading for a fast-paced and complex area of social work.

Clare Seymour is a registered social worker. Until 2009 she was Senior Lecturer in Social Work at Anglia Ruskin University where she taught social work law, communication and interviewing skills, and professional accountability to social work students at undergraduate and master′s level. Her practice experience includes 16 years of local authority children and families social work and 8 years of providing bereavement counselling and general social work support within a general practice. She is currently working with social work students as a practice educator, and as an external examiner.

Richard Seymour is a Senior Circuit judge assigned to the Queen′s Bench Division of the High Court of Justice. He was in practice as a barrister until 2000, was appointed QC in 1991, and has been a President of Mental Health Review Tribunals. He jointly edited Kemp & Kemp, the Quantum of Damages, 4th ed, 1975, and contributed the legal chapters to publications on practice and procedure for the quantity surveyor, and the architect in practice.

Clare and Richard Seymour are joint authors of Courtroom and Report Writing Skills for Social Workers also published by Learning Matters.