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    Social Care and the Law in Scotland: 11th Edition 2018
    Social Care and the Law in Scotland: 11th Edition 2018
    Social Care and the Law in Scotland: 11th Edition 2018
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    Social Care and the Law in Scotland: 11th Edition 2018

    By Siobhan Maclean and Mark Shiner

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    Everyone working in the social care and child care sector is expected to have an effective working knowledge of the legal framework in which they operate. Social Care and the Law in Scotland was first published in 2000 in recognition of the fact that many social work and social care texts did not account for the different legal framework in Scotland. Now in its eleventh edition, this is a core text for everyone working in the sector. This fully revised edition contains new chapters on child protection and housing and homelessness. New data protection legislation sees major changes to the whole confidentially chapter. Siobhan Maclean is a registered social worker. She is an independent trainer and consultant and has written a range of texts for social care and social work professionals. Mark Shiner was a specialist Leaving Care social worker for ten years with extensive experience of working with children and young people. Mark has written widely and now lectures in Maritime Studies at Orkney College UHI. He also restores violins.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherKirwin Maclean Associates Ltd
    Release dateJan 1, 2018
    ISBN9781912130641
    Social Care and the Law in Scotland: 11th Edition 2018
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    Siobhan Maclean

    Siobhan Maclean BA CQSW PQSW (Company Director). I am a registered social worker and have a passion for our profession. I qualified in 1990 and have held various social work positions

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      Social Care and the Law in Scotland - Siobhan Maclean

      Introduction

      Social Care and the Law in Scotland was first published in 2000. It was originally intended to support candidates for Scottish Vocational Qualifications to develop their understanding of legislation. Since then it has become a popular core text for people working in all areas of social care and work with children and young people.

      In this eleventh edition, we have updated all the legislation and added a new chapter on housing and homelessness following a specific request. We have also significantly amended the childrens’ legislation chapter to provide a separate chapter on child protection. We have tried to encourage and enable more reference to the actual legislation and helpful websites through the use of QR codes (see following).

      Increasingly, everyone working in the sector is expected to have a knowledge of the legislative framework within which they operate. This book is intended to act as a reference point for everyone involved in the sector. It is not intended, however, to equip the reader with detailed specific knowledge on either the legal system or on specific legal points.

      The law is constantly changing, and we therefore advise you to be aware that, to the best of our knowledge, the contents of this book are correct at the time of writing. Where changes in the law are expected, we have highlighted this.

      We would strongly advise you to encourage your manager to ensure that you have access to the relevant texts of the major pieces of legislation relevant to your workplace.

      QR codes

      A new feature of this edition is the introduction of QR codes. If you have a ‘bar-code reader’ app on your smart phone or tablet, you can simply scan the square symbol and it will take you to a web-page that we feel is useful for further reading. Please note, these are third party content and we can take no credit or responsibility for the material there. Also, we cannot stop hosts from removing or revising their websites, so you may find, after some time, that the link no longer works. Finally, it may still be there but could be out of date. These are all part of the pitfalls of using the internet, but we hope that you still find the feature useful.

      Keeping up to date

      The law can change in the blink of an eye and we are always conscious that books can go out of date very quickly. In this edition drawing our new use of QR codes, we are hoping to provide an interactive experience for readers. If you use the following QR code it will take you to our website. Every month we will look at providing an update on relevant legislation. Please do let us know how you find this. If you become aware of any legislation that you think we should have covered in this edition, please do let us know and we will try to cover that in the website updates.

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