Social Work and the Law in Scotland

JANE ALDGATE Professor of Social Care at the Open University Jane Aldgate and Honorary Professorial Fellow at the University of Edinburgh, UK KATHRYN CAMERON formerly Senior Lecturer in the Glasgow School of Social Work, a joint school of the Universities of Glasgow and Strathclyde, UK LISA CURTIS has been Director of the Scottish Consortium for Learning Disability since its inception in 2001 SUSAN HUNTER Senior Lecturer in Social Work at the University of Edinburgh and Programme Director of the MSc in Advanced Professional Studies (Adult Protection) aimed at qualified practitioners in health and social welfare ANDREW KENDRICK Professor of Residential Child Care and Head of School of the Glasgow School of Social Work, a joint department of the Universities of Strathclyde and Glasgow, UK KATHRYN MACKAY Lecturer in Social Work with the Department of Applied Social Science at the University of Stirling, UK. She has over ten years of practice within community and mental health social work KATHLEEN MARSHALL Solicitor and Child Law Consultant. In April 2009, she demitted office as Scotland's first Commissioner for Children and Young People, an appointment created by the Scottish Parliament to promote and safeguard children's rights TRISH McCULLOCH Senior Lecturer in Social Work at the University of Dundee, UK. Prior to joining the University in 2003 she worked as a social worker within youth and adult justice settings JANICE McGHEE Senior Lecturer in Social Work in the School of Social and Political Science at the University of Edinburgh. She has responsibility for law teaching on the undergraduate and postgraduate social work programmes. FERGUS McNEILL Professor of Criminology & Social Work at the University of Glasgow. His work addresses the interfaces between these two fields, including community sanctions, prisoner resettlement, sentencing and youth justice. ALISON PETCH has spent most of her career involved with research and policy across a broad range of social work, health and housing issues LENA ROBINSON Professor of Social Work at the University of the West of Scotland, UK. She is an international scholar who has published and researched widely in the field of race, culture ethnicity and Psychology and social work JEREMY ROCHE is Dean and Director of Studies in the Faculty of Health and Social Care at The Open University, UK. He has written extensively on how law and policy affects children and families and on children's rights KIRSTEN STALKER Professor in the Dept of Applied Educational and Professional Studies at the University of Strathclyde, UK. From 1991 - 2006, she worked in the Social Work Research Centre, University of Stirling and, prior to that, in the Norah Fry Research Centre at Bristol University MIKE TITTERTON Mike Titterton is Director of the charity HALE (Health & Life for Everyone), which assists children and adults at risk of harm in the UK and overseas BILL WHYTE Professor of Social Work Studies in Criminal and Youth Justice at the University of Edinburgh, UK, and Director of the Criminal Justice Social Work Development Centre for Scotland

Providing thematic accounts of key areas of law and practice in social work, this new edition critically explores recent legislative developments in Scotland. Incorporating changes affecting safeguarding vulnerable people, as well as personal and community care, this text clearly links social work practice to the legal framework.Effective social work practice relies on good understanding of the law along with the skills to use this knowledge well. This essential book
provides a wide-ranging thematic account of social work practice in Scotland, making critical links between concepts, the contexts of practice
and first-hand experiences of Scottish social work law.
The book covers important subjects such as:

• Service user and carer rights
  
• Legal and social work values
  
• Accountability
  
• Effective assessment
  
• Safeguarding, risk and protection
  
• Youth and adult criminal justice
  
• Partnership, participation and advocacy
  
• Delivery of personalised services

Social Work and the Law in Scotland is core reading for all those undertaking academic study or professional practice within the field. It is also a key resource for anyone looking to update their knowledge on the nature and development of the ever-evolving legislative landscape of Scotland.