There are no pre-requisites for this module to be added

In this module you will explore how the law defines the duties and powers of social workers. The module provides an overview of the origins of law, the Scottish legal system, and key social work legislation across Children and Families, Criminal Justice and Adult Services. The legislation is examined within the context of the codes of practice for social service workers and an understanding of human rights, including people’s rights to privacy and to govern and determine their own lives and outcomes. The module will ask you to reflect upon the ways in which the law may be an instrument for both empowerment and oppression, and the ethical debates related to the central tensions of care, control and risk inherent within the social work role. The module is practical and based clearly upon an appreciation of the ways in which a critical understanding of the legislation is both necessary and useful in day-to-day practice.
This module is designed to address four main SiSWE learning foci: Units 1, 2, 3, 4

Upon completion of this module you will be able to:
LO1: Evaluate the statutory framework governing social work practice in Scotland across a range of service user groups
LO2: Debate conflicts of human rights and ethics in relation to social work with different service user groups
LO3: Critically discuss service user involvement in decision making processes within health and social care
LO4: Critically examine the complex relationships in social work practice between care, control and justice with reference to legislation, policy, theory and the code of practice for social service workers