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SWTP314 Social Work and Law

10 cp
Prerequisites Nil
Teaching Organisation A variety of teaching and learning strategies such as lectures, tutorials, workshops, laboratory classes and self-directed learning packages may be utilised.

The unit will provide students with the opportunity to explore ways in which the legal system may influence and interact with social work practice. The legal system impinges on practice in terms of regulations and expectations of professional practice and enshrines in legislation practices for particular areas of social work (for example, child abuse, juvenile justice, family law, immigration). Students will be expected to develop an understanding of key legislation relevant to social work practice, along with an appreciation of the impact of the legal system on clients and its implications for social work practice in different fields. The skills component will include skill practice related to work in legal settings, courts and tribunals and an introduction to mediation and social work practice with vulnerable populations.

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