Court and Legal Skills

This book provides social workers with the theoretical and practical knowledge they need to effectively deal with courts and legal issues, which includes presenting evidence, supporting vulnerable service users in the legal system and developing good professional relationships.>

List of contents

1. Introduction
2. Social Workers in the English Legal System
3. Record Keeping and Handling Personal Information
4. Producing Written Evidence
5. Being a Witness
6. Working with Other Professionals in the Legal World
7. Helping to Give Children, and Vulnerable Witnesses and Defendants a Voice in the Legal System
8. Dealing with Outcomes.

About the author

Penny Cooper is Professor of Law, Kingston University, UK.

Product details

• Authors: Penny Cooper, Cooper Penny
• Publisher: Macmillan
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 24.10.2014
• EAN: 9781137361554
• ISBN: 978-1-137-36155-4
• No. of pages: 160
• Series: Focus on Social Work Law; Focus on Social Work Law
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; B, Social Policy, Social Sciences, Social & ethical issues, Political Economy, Central / national / federal government policies, Comparative Social Policy, children;English;information;knowledge;service;social work, Social law and Medical law, Law as it applies to other professions and disciplines, Wales / Cymru