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Integrating Human Service Law, Ethics and Practice introduces students to the legal process and ethical considerations necessary for their understanding of practice within the human services sector. Updated to reflect changes to law and policy, this fourth edition equips students with the information they will need in order to practice within a challenging and dynamic profession.
List of contents
- Introduction
- 1: Part 1: Relationship between Human Service Practice, Law and Ethics
- 2: Law and the Human Services: Together and Apart
- 3: Law, Ethics, and Other Factors in Decision Making
- Part 2: Legal Obligations, Rights and Regulation of Human Service Workers
- 4: Professional, Business and Employment Matters
- 5: Managing Information
- 6: Courts, Tribunals, and the Human Services
- 7: Getting it Wrong
- Part 3: Service Delivery: Diverse Populations and Jurisdictions
- 8: Crimes and Victims
- 9: Families and Children
- 10: Housing and Finance
- 11: Diversity and Vulnerability
- 12: Back to the Beginning while Facing the Future
About the author
Rosemary Kennedy, Psychologist, MAPS Human Service Consultant
Jenny Richards, Lecturer, Faculty of Education, Humanities and Law, Flinders Law School
Tania Leiman, Associate Dean, Teaching and Learning, Director of First Year Studies, Faculty of Education, Humanities and Law, Flinders Law School, Senior Lecturer of Law.
Summary
Integrating Human Service Law, Ethics and Practice introduces students to the legal process and ethical considerations necessary for their understanding of practice within the human services sector. Updated to reflect changes to law and policy, this fourth edition equips students with the information they will need in order to practice within a challenging and dynamic profession. This new edition features law in practice boxes to highlight real-life legal cases of relevance and interest to students alongside key points for practice boxes which help students to see the links between law, ethics and good practice.
