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Social workers experience at first hand the fundamental tensions which exist in child care law between the need to protect the child and the right of the family to live in dignity without interference from government agencies. In this study Clive Grace argues that the operation of child care law cannot be properly understood without consideration of the ways in which social workers use law in their day to day dealings with children and their families. Very often social workers interpret their legal powers and obligations in a variety of ways which bear little relation to the law framed in statute, and this is often due to their ignorance of even the most basic obligations created by law. Based on extensive empirical research involving over 180 individual case studies this book examines how social workers are hampered by a lack of policy direction at departmental level, and concludes with a number of constructive suggestions for remedying this deficiency.Product Identifiers
PublisherOxford University Press
ISBN-139780198252795
eBay Product ID (ePID)90083976
Product Key Features
Number of Pages253 Pages
Publication NameSocial Workers, Children and the Law
LanguageEnglish
SubjectLaw, Safety
Publication Year1994
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaSocial Work, Children & Family, Constitutional Law
AuthorClive Grace
SeriesOxford Socio-Legal Studies
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height210 mm
Item Weight451 g
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
Title_AuthorClive Grace