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Integrating Human Service Law, Ethics and Practice, 3rd Edition

Integrating Human Service Law, Ethics and Practice, 3rd Edition

Author: Rosemary Kennedy; Jenny Richards; Tania Leiman
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780195578218
Published In: November 2012
Format: Paperback , 288 pages
Jurisdiction: Australia ? Disclaimer:
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An accessible interpretation of the law for students in the human services.
Presents a unifying position on the relationship between law, ethics and good practice.
'Practice Questions and Responses' and 'Legal and Ethical Myths and Realities' throughout the text clarify contested and confusing issues in practice.
Consistent use of pedagogical features, which are designed to highlight the links between law, ethics and good practice to students: Practice Question and Response, Legal and Ethical Myths and Realities, Key Points for Practice, and Useful websites

Integrating Human Service Law, Ethics and Practice interprets the law for human service students to prepare them for practice. The text fully integrates law and ethics throughout, to provide a thorough knowledge of the Australian legal landscape and an understanding of human service ethics. It explores the place of law in human service work; the general legal obligations, rights, duties and regulations of workers; and considers a number of areas of substantive law relevant to service delivery with different populations and jurisdictions. It continues to include 'Practice Questions and Response' boxes and 'Legal and Ethical Myths and Realities' boxes, which clarify contested or confusing issues in practice. This third edition more explicitly addresses the interaction between law and ethics in practice, and incorporates more material on professional ethics in all chapters.

Readership: Students enrolled in a social work or human services degree (undergraduate or postgraduate).

Part I Relationship between Human Service Practice, Law and Ethics
1 The Third Edition
2 Connecting Law and Human Services
3 Law, Ethics, and Other Factors in Decision Making
Part II Legal Obligations, Rights, and Regulation of Human Service Workers
4 Professional, Business, and Employment Matters
5 Managing Information
6 Courts, Tribunals, and the Human Services
7 Getting It Wrong
Part III Service Delivery: Diverse Populations and Jurisdictions
8 Crimes and Victims
9 Families and Children
10 Housing and Finance
11 Diversity and Vulnerability
12 Back to the Beginning and Facing the Future

Rosemary Kennedy, Psychologist, Human Service Consultant, Jenny Richards, Lecturer, Flinders University Law School, and Tania Leiman, Lecturer, Flinders University Law School

Rosemary Kennedy is a psychologist who works as a human service consultant and also in the area of professional registration. Jenny Richards is a Lecturer at the Flinders University Law School and a solicitor at Old Port Chambers. Tania Leiman is a Lecturer at the Flinders University Law School and a supervising solicitor at the Flinders Legal Advice Clinic.