Applied Law - HMS2019

Assessment 1: Other

Formative assessment will take place in the weekly seminars in the form of verbal feedback to classroom debates.

Other

Assessment 1: Presentation

The debate is recorded on Teams and marked against the Learning Outcomes. Each member of the group receives the same mark.
 

Presentation

Assessment 2: Written Assignment

Written Assignment

This module provides the opportunity for you to examine the complexity of the relationship between legislation and health and social care and social work practice. It will assist you in enhancing your knowledge of a wide range of professional social work laws and will examine how legislation sets the boundaries for social work practice.
This module is designed to equip students with detailed applied legal knowledge in areas of adult and children practice. In this module you will critically examine the complexity of the relationship between the political context, legislation and social work practice and develop your knowledge of a wide range of legal areas relevant to professional social work in relation to adults and children. This will enable you, when in practice, to work within statutory and legal requirements. You will examine how legislation provides the framework within which social work and social welfare services are offered, how it sets the boundaries for social work practice and how it determines the roles and responsibilities of social workers. You will examine the contradictions and dilemmas which confront practitioners when applying the law within their practice, identifying how the law can sometimes support and sometimes challenge professional values. You will develop skills in presenting legal arguments, evidence and recommendations with confidence and authority. You will critically consider how different options for practice balance legal rules, moral rules and individual and collective rights.
This module will provide you with underpinning knowledge that is required to meet the Chief Social Workers’ Knowledge and Skills Statements.

School of Human and Health Sciences

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Social Care and Counselling

HMS2019 - Applied Law

Applied Law

Critically and systematically engage with law and practice in relation to safeguarding issues.

Systematically interrogate and critique the relationship between the law and social work practice.

Critically apply appropriate legal knowledge to practice situations in the context of a strong professional value base.

Present recommendations in a professional and authoritative way.