Courtroom Skills for Social Workers

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Learning Matters, Jun 28, 2007 - Social Science - 176 pages
This book throws light on legal and courtroom processes and procedures, encouraging readers to see involvement with the courts as a positive element of their practice, rather than something to be afraid of. By encouraging social workers to develop the skills to perform confidently in the court environment, they will be better able to support service users faced with court involvement. This guide is presented within an integrated framework of law and social work and gives a unique opportunity to demystify courtroom and legal procedures and to identify the skills required of social workers involved in court work.
 

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Contents

Acknowledgements
The English legal system in context
The Englishlegalsysteminpractice 3 Values and principles in law and social work
Legal language and concepts
Court rules 6 Preparing for court 7 Excellence in report writing
What to expect at court 9 Giving evidence 10 Crossexamination 11 Legal decisionmaking and appeals
Tribunals panels and inquiries
Advice and representation in court
What happens next
Conclusion
References
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Clare Seymour,Richard Seymour
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About the author (2007)

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.

Richard Seymour is a senior circuit judge assigned to the Queens’ Bench Division of the High Court of Justice. He has a first class honours degree in law from Cambridge University. He was in practice as a barrister until 2000, was appointed QC in 1991, and has been a president of Mental Health Review Tribunals. He jointly edited Kemp & Kemp The Quantum of Damages, 4th ed, 1975, contributed the legal chapters to publications on practice and procedure for the quantity surveyor and the architect in practice.

Bibliographic information

TitleCourtroom Skills for Social Workers
Transforming Social Work Practice Series
AuthorsClare Seymour, Richard Seymour
PublisherLearning Matters, 2007
ISBN0857252119, 9780857252111
Length176 pages
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Social Science / Social Work
  
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