Understanding Social Work/Workers (for lawyers)
Lawyers representing families are the last line of defence - understanding the service and services their clients should be receiving is essential to delivering good quality representation.
Course content:
- Understanding the statutory role of children and families social work; child protection and children in need
- Understanding the professional and ethical evolution of social work into the present day.
- Decision making and accountability processes
- Understanding the Framework for Assessment – content and timescales
- Assessing parents - what needs to be considered
- Assessing risk - what needs to be considered
- Understanding good social work practice - what practitioners can and should be doing to achieve change.
- Evaluating the performance, actions and conduct of social workers
- The future of social work practice – times they are a changing