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 nature of legal authority, the application of legislation in practice, statutory responsibility and conflicts between law, policy and practice. 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 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.

LO1: Evaluate the statutory frameworks governing social work practice in Scotland Across a range of service areas of people receiving services and their carers.
LO2: Debate conflicts of human rights and ethics in relation to social work.
LO3: Critically discuss the involvement of people receiving services and their carers in decision making processes.
LO4: Critically examine the relationship between the people receiving services and their social worker, while considering the care vs. control debate, legislation, policy and relevant theory.