This new text will build on Courtroom Skills for Social Workers, by updating the legal and research content and strengthening the material on recording. There will also be additional contributions from service users and more practice examples, so as to make the book interesting and relevant for qualified social workers. It will assist social workers in meeting their CPD requirements for continuing registration and also offer a framework for short in-service training courses on court skills and recording, both areas in which social workers′ performance comes under the scrutiny of other professionals.
Table of Content
Introduction
PART I: THE ENGLISH LEGAL SYSTEM IN CONTEXT
Historical Development
The English Legal System in Practice
Legal Language and Decision-making
Values and Principles in Law and Social Work
PART II: PREPARING FOR COURT
Legal Advice and Representation
Achieving Excellence in Case Recording
Writing Formal Reports for Court
PART III: ATTENDING COURT
Court Rules, Etiquette and Practical Matters
Giving Evidence
Cross-Examination
What Happens Next?
Conclusion
About the author
Clare Seymour is a registered social worker and qualified teacher at post-16 level. From 1998 until retiring in September 2009 she was senior lecturer in social work at Anglia Ruskin University, where she taught social work law, professional accountability and communication and interviewing skills to social work students at undergraduate and master’s level. Since leaving Anglia Ruskin University, she continues to work as a practice educator for social work degree students and as external examiner for the social work degree at Reading University. Her social work experience includes 16 years of local authority social work, latterly in a child care team where she had a wide experience of court work, and bereavement support within a general practice.
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