Irish Social Work & Social Care Law

Author:   Claire Hamilton
Publisher:   Gill & Macmillan Ltd
ISBN:  

9780717152667


Pages:   288
Publication Date:   13 April 2012
Format:   Paperback
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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.

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Author:   Claire Hamilton
Publisher:   Gill & Macmillan Ltd
Imprint:   Gill & Macmillan Ltd
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.579kg
ISBN:  

9780717152667


ISBN 10:   0717152669
Pages:   288
Publication Date:   13 April 2012
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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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.

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