A Guide to Statutory Social Work Interventions: The Lived Experience - Softcover

Hughes, Mel

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1352002515 ISBN 13: 9781352002515

Publisher: Red Globe Press, 2019

Synopsis

In recent years there has been a significant shift within social work practice towards recognising the expertise of people with a lived experience. As a result service user involvement is now embedded into curricula. Throughout this textbook, service users and carers detail their experiences of interventions including being detained under the Mental Health Act, having a child removed to a place of safety and having a carer’s assessment.



In meeting professional standards such as the Professional Capabilities Framework, students and social workers are required to take into account service user perspectives, and to collaborate with them to achieve positive outcomes. Chapters end with advice to social workers directly from contributors, providing invaluable perspectives on different intervention situations. There is specific focus on statutory social work throughout, as well as an exploration of broader implications of interventions, the underpinning legislation, policies and research.

About this title

About the Author

Mel Hughes is a Senior Lecturer in Social Work and a practice educator.

From the Back Cover

This exciting new textbook is key reading for anyone undertaking or learning about statutory social work interventions. As well as providing formal knowledge needed, such as legislative and policy frameworks, it is also written by service users and carers who have been at the receiving end of interventions to give a real-life account of their experiences.

Whether you're a first student taking an introductory module in social work, a final year student on a statutory practice placement, or a qualified practitioner, A Guide to Statutory Social Work Interventions provides a unique perspective to help ensure you are meeting key professional standards and helping service users achieve positive outcomes.

Edition details

• Publisher: Red Globe Press
• Publication date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1352002515
• ISBN 13: 9781352002515
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 256