Child Protection and Social Work Practices
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SOCIAL WORK LAW
Table of ContentsINTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................31. Sub-divisions into specialism within variety of social work settings......................................32. Key pieces of social work legislations in the last twenty-five years.......................................53. Reasons behind the introduction of laws in Residential Homes..............................................64. Use of legislations and their impact.........................................................................................6CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................7REFERENCES................................................................................................................................8APPENDIX 1...................................................................................................................................91. Sub-divisions into specialism within variety of social work settings......................................9APPENDIX 2...................................................................................................................................9
INTRODUCTION In the contemporary scenario, it is required to protect and safeguard children so that theymight do not get affected by different distinct set of harms and abuses. Along with this, forprotecting and safeguarding children, there are several norms and regulations are framed by theUK government of United Kingdom. The social care units must abide by all these formulatednorms that social care units have to abide by(Carter, Laurie and Dixon-Woods, 2015). Theresearch Presentreport proposed herewith focuses upon assessing the pieces of social worklegislation that support safeguards children as well as adults from risks and hazards. History of social workSocial work has its rootsin attempts of societyin those activities of societywhichthatdeals with issues such as poverty and inequality. It is typically associated In narrow terms, theconcept can be associated with charity work. However, it has applicability into broader terms ;however, most often, it is considered as a broader concept(Johns, 2014). The modern socialwork profession and program owes its existence to the has its roots in 19th century. Severalchanges in service delivery procedure have been witnessed since then (Daniel and et. al., 2015).Psychodynamic influence of various changes in the social work have put their impact onworking procedures in both positive and negative ways (Glasby, 2017).Social work became specialismSocial work has a professional identity in the early 20th century and there are several withcertain formal standards into place (Kadushin and Harkness, 2014). In this respect, the Councilof Social Work Education has set some standardscriterions for managing professional resources.Social work became has emerged as a specialist in 1994 with an aim of eliminating poverty (McGrath-Lone, Woodman and Gilbert, 2015).By the yearNevertheless, during 1913, there werearound 413 settlements spread across 32 states withinin the nationUKwhich improved the livesof poor people (Kamerman and Kahn, 2014). 1. Sub-divisions into specialism within variety of social work settingsSocial care services are basically support facilities which are provided to vulnerablegroupsand of people (Kadushin and Harkness, 2014). These vulnerable people group includethose groups thatindividuals who are unhealthy, disabled or endangered by with certain risks andor hazards. Apart from voluntary organisations and support groups, social care services are also
givenassumed by private and public sector undertakings (Kamerman and Kahn, 2014). Thenature of their services varydiffer largely due to financial involvementengrossment. of budgetsand expenses. Public sector is also referred to as service industry because due to lower profitorientation is less(Osborne and Brown, 2013). (Refer appendix 1)Looked after team: : Looked after team These serviceshas been particularly startedwereinitiatedfor children with the help of two basic teams divisions, that is, “Children Lookedafter Team” and “The Leaving Care Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children Team”.(Refer appendix 1)Youth offending teams: Youth offending teamsThis team works for young people whoget into trouble with thedue to legal obligations. law. The team usually looks into thebackground of a young person and try to guidehelp them so that they can stay away fromcrime (Morrison, 2014). (Refer appendix 1)Mental health team: Mental health team services have been startedTheseservices werelaunched in Ireland with the use of a multi-disciplinary approach; wherein a number ofprofessionals offer their particular skills in a coordinated and complementary way (Daniel andet.al.,et.al, 2015). (Refer appendix 1)Definition of sub-divisionThere are several divisions in social work that change the scenario of In order to deliverhealth care services to large mass of people, it has been categorised into sub-divisions. deliveringhealth care services and a A few categories sets of health care are discussed as follows:underneath in detail: Health care service in form of Cclinical practice is offered; included where in wherein,general practitioners render care services to the public at whole (Johns, 2014).Social care workers are engaged into rendering prominent services to the public commonpeople so that health standards can be developedso as to support them in meetingminimum health standards (Carter, Laurie and Dixon-Woods, 2015). Multi-agency professionals are also involved into the social work where various careprofessionals work in collaboration with the charitable organiszation. Private team (YMCA)
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