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Social Work in the Shadow of the Law 5th Edition

Social Work in the Shadow of the Law 5th Edition

Author: Simon Rice; Andrew Day; Linda Briskman
Publisher: The Federation Press
ISBN: 9781760021610

Previous Edition ISBN: 9781862879492
Published In: June 2018
Format: Paperback
Jurisdiction: Australia ? Disclaimer:
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Eminent social work scholar and practitioner Professor Linda Briskman joins Professors Simon Rice and Andrew Day as editors of this comprehensively updated 5th edition of Social Work in the Shadow of the Law.

This book is an essential resource for all those who work in and study human services in Australia, and especially for social workers and social work students. It features:

new chapters on human rights and on research into multidisciplinary practice;
new chapter authors;
new case studies and references;
detailed updates across the wide-ranging coverage of the intersections between social work practice and the law: adoption; bereavement; child sexual abuse; corrections; domestic violence; elder abuse; family law mediation; financial issues; homelessness; human rights; Indigenous Australians; juvenile justice; lesbian, gay and/or transgender people; mental health; the NDIS; out-of-home care; refugees and asylum seekers; social security; social work ethics; record keeping; working with interpreters; being in court; and rules of evidence.

The analysis of law and social work practice is complemented by chapters that reflect on the alignment and tensions between these two disciplines.

23 years since the first edition, Social Work in the Shadow of the Law continues to provide social and human service workers with invaluable insights into the significance and effect of law in their work, enabling them to work effectively for their clients, with lawyers and the legal system.

List of tables and figures

List of abbreviations

Preface

Acknowledgments

Notes on contributors

REFLECTING ON SOCIAL WORKERS AND LAWYERS

1. Why social work and law?

Phillip Swain

2. Towards a reconciliation of legal and social work practice

Spencer Zifcak

3. Socialising the law: Multidisciplinary practice with lawyers and social workers

Chris Maylea, Nareeda Lewers, Elissa Scott, Penelope Weller and Stan Winford

SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE IN LEGAL CONTEXTS

4. Looking back – looking forward: Past, current, and future child adoptions in Australia

Susan Gair

5. Social work following sudden and unexpected death

Dorothy Ford and Anne Giljohann

6. Child sexual abuse: Social-legal intersections of practice

Jan Breckenridge and Michael Salter

7. Social work and prisons

Eileen Baldry and Mindy Sotiri

8. Domestic violence, social work and the law

Susan Heward-Belle

9. Elder abuse and the law

David Rose and Ralph Hampson

10. Mediation of disputes in the Australian family law system

Dale Bagshaw

11. Social work practice and debt

Carolyn Bond and Martin Ryan

12. Indigenous Australians: Continuity of colonialism in law and social work

Terri Libesman and Linda Briskman

13. Housing and homelessness

Louis Schetzer

14. Extending beyond the legal: Social work and human rights

Linda Briskman and Jim Ife

15. Australian lesbian, gay and/or transgender people and the law

Damien W Riggs, Clemence Due and Clare Bartholomaeus

16. Mental health law and its implications for social work practice

Lisa Brophy, Bill Healy and Chris Maylea

17. Out-of-home care: Prevention and placement strategies

Susan Tregeagle

18. The NDIS: A quantum leap towards social rights for people with intellectual disabilities

Christine Bigby and Darren O’Donovan

19. Social work with refugees and asylum seekers: An ever-changing partnership with the law

Kirstein Fentiman and Justine O’Sullivan

20. Social security and welfare rights: What role for social work?

Terry Carney and Christine Bigby

21. Youth justice and social work

Wing Hong Chui

LEGAL ASPECTS OF SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE

22. The ethics of social work practice

Donna McAuliffe, Phillip Swain and Andrew Day

23. Record keeping

Deb Miles and Andrew Day

24. Social workers, the law and interpreters

Uldis Ozolins

25. Courts and tribunals

Simon Rice

26. Evidence

Simon Rice

Table of cases

Table of statutes

Index

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