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Irish social work and social care law / Claire Hamilton ; with a chapter from guest contributor Mairéad Seymour.

By: Hamilton, Claire (Barrister) [author.].
Contributor(s): Seymour, Mairéad [author].
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Dublin : Gill & Macmillan, 2011Copyright date: ©2011Description: xxviii, 363 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780717152667 (paperback); 0717152669.Subject(s): Social workers -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Ireland -- Textbooks | Social service -- Ireland -- Textbooks | Social work | Social law & Medical law | LawDDC classification: 344.4170313 | 344.4170313 HAM
Contents:
Part I: The legal context of social work and social care practice -- Nature and sources of law -- Courts and law officers -- Accountability -- Social care professionals and legal proceedings -- Part II: Children and families -- Children and family breakdown -- Child protection -- The law on special care -- Children in care -- Adoption -- The youth justice system (Mairead Seymour) -- Part III: Vulnerable adults -- Older people and the law -- Disability law -- Domestic violence law -- Mental health law -- The criminal justice system -- The asylum process.
Summary: A textbook that introduces students to social care and social work law, concepts and structures in Ireland. It provides a clear and concise guide to both the legal framework and the substantive law relating to social care and social work law.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

A new textbook that introduces students to the law governing the practice of social work and social care in Ireland.

Provides a clear and concise guide to both the legal framework and the substantive law relating to social care and social work.
Presents social care and social work law in an accessible manner, focusing on the specialist functions performed by social care professionals such as child protection, adoption and fostering, disability and mental health.
Discusses both child law and the law relating to vulnerable adults in an Irish context.
Considers the broader issues that affect service users in a social care context such as domestic violence, youth justice and the asylum system.

Written For: Undergraduate and postgraduate students of: * Social Work * Social Care * Applied Social Care * Social Studies * Youth and Community Studies * Child Protection and Welfare A new textbook that introduces students to social care and social work law, concepts and structures in Ireland. Provides a clear and concise guide to both the legal framework and the substantive law relating to social care and social work law. Presents social care and social work law in an accessible manner, focusing on the specialist functions performed by social care professionals such as child protection, adoption and fostering, disability and mental health. Discusses both child law and the law relating to vulnerable adults in an Irish context. Considers the broader issues that affect service users in a social care context such as domestic violence, youth justice and the asylum system.

Bibliography: (pages 337-350) and index.

Part I: The legal context of social work and social care practice -- Nature and sources of law -- Courts and law officers -- Accountability -- Social care professionals and legal proceedings -- Part II: Children and families -- Children and family breakdown -- Child protection -- The law on special care -- Children in care -- Adoption -- The youth justice system (Mairead Seymour) -- Part III: Vulnerable adults -- Older people and the law -- Disability law -- Domestic violence law -- Mental health law -- The criminal justice system -- The asylum process.

A textbook that introduces students to social care and social work law, concepts and structures in Ireland. It provides a clear and concise guide to both the legal framework and the substantive law relating to social care and social work law.

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Dr Claire Hamilton, LLB (Ling. Franc.), MLitt, Barrister-at-Law, DipEurCon in Human Rights, Dip. in Third-Level Learning and Teaching, practised as a barrister until 2004. She now lectures in criminology and social care law in the Department of Social Sciences in Dublin Institute of Technology. Claire has published widely in national and international peer-reviewed journals and edited collections.

Dr Claire Hamilton, LL.B (Ling. Franc.), MLitt, Barrister-at-Law, DipEurCon in Human Rights, Dip. in Third Level Learning and Teaching, practised as a barrister until 2004. She now lectures in criminology and social care law in the Department of Social Sciences in Dublin Institute of Technology. Claire has published widely in national and international peer reviewed journals and edited collections.