Integrating Human Service Law, Ethics and Practice / Edition 4

by Rosemary Kennedy, Jenny Richards, Tania Leiman

Overview

Integrating Human Service Law, Ethics and Practice introduces students to the legal process and ethical considerations necessary for their understanding of practice within the human services sector. Updated to reflect changes to law and policy, this fourth edition equips students with the information they will need in order to practice within a challenging and dynamic profession. This new edition features law in practice boxes to highlight real-life legal cases of relevance and interest to students alongside key points for practice boxes which help students to see the links between law, ethics and good practice.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780190302726
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	08/04/2016
Edition description:	4th ed.
Pages:	360
Product dimensions:	7.40(w) x 9.60(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Rosemary Kennedy, Psychologist, MAPS Human Service Consultant,Jenny Richards, Lecturer, School of Law, Flinders University,Tania Leiman, Associate Dean, Senior Lecturer of Law, Flinders Law School, Flinders University

Rosemary Kennedy, Psychologist, MAPS Human Service Consultant

Jenny Richards, Lecturer, Faculty of Education, Humanities and Law, Flinders Law School

Tania Leiman, Associate Dean, Teaching and Learning, Director of First Year Studies, Faculty of Education, Humanities and Law, Flinders Law School, Senior Lecturer of Law.

Table of Contents

Introduction1. Part 1: Relationship between Human Service Practice, Law and Ethics2. Law and the Human Services: Together and Apart3. Law, Ethics, and Other Factors in Decision MakingPart 2: Legal Obligations, Rights and Regulation of Human Service Workers4. Professional, Business and Employment Matters5. Managing Information6. Courts, Tribunals, and the Human Services7. Getting it WrongPart 3: Service Delivery: Diverse Populations and Jurisdictions8. Crimes and Victims9. Families and Children10. Housing and Finance11. Diversity and Vulnerability12. Back to the Beginning while Facing the Future