This study guide prepares you quickly and efficiently to tackle the California Clinical Social Worker Law & Ethics Exam. It includes a study guide built around the specific "knowledge statements" the Board of Behavioral Sciences (BBS) uses to craft the test, a full-length practice exam (75 questions) with complete rationales, additional practice questions, and test-taking strategies.

This text discusses the law and ethics of clinical social worker misconduct from an interdisciplinary perspective. The Reverend Doctor Bullis examines recent statutes and legal cases that impose civil or criminal liability on social workers for sexual misconduct and harassment. The text carefully examines the trend of states to impose liability on social workers who violate professional boundaries and offers an 'ethical ecology' model to understand the nature and harm of dual relations.

This study guide prepares you quickly and efficiently to tackle the California Clinical Social Worker Law & Ethics Exam. It includes a study guide built around the specific "knowledge statements" the Board of Behavioral Sciences (BBS) uses to craft the test, a full-length practice exam (75 questions) with complete rationales, additional practice questions, and test-taking strategies.

How do social workers in the UK legal context act ethically? What do we understand by ethics and how does social work law relate to it? Social work practice in all countries incorporates a clear, unstinting commitment to social justice, but what is social justice? Using an applied, practice-based and refreshingly ′real′ approach, this text bridges the gap between law and ethics. Each chapter opens with a case study which considers ethical dilemmas in real life practice. Chapters have been designed to help students strengthen their critical reflection skills, encouraging consideration of the legal and ethical dimensions of social work generally and in personal practice. Topics such as care proceedings, adoption, community care, youth justice, mental capacity and accountability explore how understanding and application are equally important.

This book describes the mental health treatment being provided by over 200,000 licensed clinical social workers in the United States and a summary of the fifty-one licensure laws and regulations which govern licensed clinical social work practice. The author seeks to standardize clinical social work licensure laws and regulations.

Built around the 128 "knowledge statements" the licensing board uses to craft the test, this study guide prepares you quickly and efficiently to tackle the first state exam toward social work licensure. It includes a full-length practice exam (75 questions) with complete rationales for each question.

This highly practical text surveys the myriad legal and ethical issues that social workers encounter both in daily practice and under special circumstances. Its initial section presents concepts in law and ethics that unite practitioners, researchers, and academics in the field, such as confidentiality, informed consent, and the interplay between social work and administrative and judicial systems. A selection of representative cases illustrates legal aspects involved in providing services to families, children, elders, and persons with disabilities. Also included are chapters on advocacy in social work, both in its potential to influence policy and on the global stage as part of the ongoing struggle for human rights and dignity. Among the topics covered: Confidentiality and the social worker-client relationship Liability issues for social workers in the clinical context Legal issues arising in the context of social work research The social worker and forensic social work Social worker involvement in access to school and school services Social work in the context of health care Legal issues working with immigrants, refugees, and asylees The interface between social work and human rights Legal Issues in Social Work Practice and Research is an interdisciplinary text aimed at social work, mental health, and legal professionals. It enhances the power of social work as an integrative system to support clients’ rights and agency.