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Handbook 1997 : Faculty of Arts : Social Work

196-320/420 The Legal Context of Social Work Practice

Credit Points:

16.7 3rd and 4th year

Prerequisite/s:

Selection into the Bachelor of Social Work course.

Timetable:

Semester 1

Contact:

One two hour lecture and one one hour tutorial per week

Subject Description:

This subject explores the relationship between law and social work to develop students' understanding of the major legal structures and organisations that impinge on social work practice. It includes material on giving evidence to tribunals and courts or law; legal and social elements in social assessment and decision making; the Australian legal system, protection of human rights in Australia; the role of the state in income maintenance; introduction to family law; state intervention in the family; the ethics of practice; criminal law and domestic violence.

Assessment:

Written assignments of up to 5000 words or equivalent.

Prescribed Texts:

  • Charlesworth, S Turner, J N and Foreman, Lawyers, Social Workers and the Family, Federation Press, NSW 1990.
  • Swain, P A, In the Shadow of the Law, Federation Press, NSW 1995.
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