| Description |
xi, 308 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
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regular print |
| Contents |
Machine generated contents note: pt. I Relationship between Human Service Practice, Law and Ethics -- 1.The Third Edition -- Intentions old and new -- Audience -- Genesis -- Terminology -- Assumptions about legal knowledge -- Structure -- Positions and themes -- Some useful websites -- References -- 2.Connecting Law and Human Services -- Client problems and beyond -- Integrate what and why? -- Human service client, worker, and agency issues -- Intersection and overlap between law and human services -- Learning from and utilising a legal orientation -- Human services in a risk society -- Law and human services: An uneasy coexistence -- Key points for practice -- Some useful websites -- References -- 3.Law, Ethics, and Other Factors in Decision Making -- Integrating legal and human service practice imperatives -- Why an emphasis on decision making? -- Why an emphasis on imperatives? -- Why look at imperatives other than law? -- Influences on human service worker decision making -- |
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Contents note continued: These influences in interaction -- Making integrated decisions in practice -- Key points for practice -- Some useful websites -- References -- pt. II Legal Obligations, Rights, and Regulation of Human Service Workers -- 4.Professional, Business, and Employment Matters -- Behind the scenes of service delivery -- Professional profile -- Taking care of business -- Contract law -- Contracts and the human services -- Key points for practice -- Some useful websites -- References -- 5.Managing Information -- What does ̀managing information' mean? -- Interaction of human service practice, ethics and law -- Collecting (or acquiring) and amending personal information -- Recording information -- Storing information -- Permitting or denying access to information -- Whistleblowing -- Key points for practice -- Some useful websites -- References -- 6.Courts, Tribunals, and the Human Services -- Images and anxieties -- Courts, similar bodies, and dispute resolution -- |
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Contents note continued: Scope of human service activity in courts and tribunals -- Range of courts -- Range of tribunals -- Ombudsmen and complaints bodies -- Court processes, evidence, and witnesses -- Preparing court and tribunal reports -- Preparing to appear -- Giving evidence -- Accompanying others attending court -- Key points for practice -- Some useful websites -- References -- 7.Getting It Wrong -- More than a legal duty of care -- Incompetence, mishaps, breaking the rules, and more -- Rules and standards of conduct in the human services -- Infringements and the law -- Complaints and investigatory bodies -- A mosaic of expectations, risks, and possible outcomes -- Key points for practice -- Some useful websites -- References -- pt. III Service Delivery: Diverse Populations and Jurisdictions -- 8.Crimes and Victims -- Introducing the criminal justice system -- Criminal law in Australia -- Clients charged with offences -- Sentencing -- |
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Contents note continued: Indigenous Australians and the criminal law -- Young people and the criminal law -- Victims of crime -- Family violence -- Key points for practice -- Some useful websites -- References -- 9.Families and Children -- An interdisciplinary perspective endorsed -- Child protection in Australia -- Child protection proceedings -- Family law -- Family law and children -- An evolving approach to family violence -- Property orders -- Child support -- Key points for practice -- Some useful websites -- References -- 10.Housing and Finance -- The law and more -- Income support -- Income Management and the Northern Territory Intervention -- Debt management -- Consumer protection -- Housing, homelessness and accommodation -- Key points for practice -- Some useful websites -- References -- 11.Diversity and Vulnerability -- Significant questions of rights, needs, and best interests -- Discrimination and harassment -- Disability and social inclusion through law -- |
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Contents note continued: Guardianship and administration -- Mental illness -- Refugees and asylum seekers -- Emerging matters of vulnerability, difference and the law -- Key points for practice -- Some useful websites -- References -- 12.Back to the Beginning and Facing the Future -- Contradictions and volatility in the big picture -- Implications for the human services -- In pursuit of confidence in partnerships -- Accomplished human service work -- References -- Appendix: Finding, Reading, and Citing Law -- Finding and reading an Act of Parliament -- How to find cases -- Reading cases -- How to cite legislation and cases -- References |
| Summary |
This book interprets the law for human service students to prepare them for practice. The text fully integrates law and ethics throughout, to provide a thorough knowledge of the Australian legal landscape and an understanding of human service ethics. Kennedy is an Australian psychologist. Richards & Leiman are from Flinders University, Australia |
| Analysis |
Social work (Australia) |
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Medical & Health Law (Australia) |
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Social ethics & debates (Australia) |
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Ethics |
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Australian |
| Notes |
Revision of: Integrating human service law & practice |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Extra copy donated by Mellissa Kruger |
| Subject |
Social workers -- Australia.
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Social workers -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Australia.
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Law -- Australia.
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Social workers -- Australia -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Human services personnel -- Australia.
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Social legislation -- Australia.
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Public welfare -- Law and legislation -- Australia.
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| Genre/Form |
Handbooks and manuals.
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| Author |
Richards, Jenny, 1973-
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Leiman, Tania.
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| LC no. |
2012474222 |
| ISBN |
9780195524079 (paperback) |
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0195524071 |
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9780195578218 (paperback) |
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019557821X (paperback) |
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