SS5114 - Legal Issues for the Social Worker
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Offering Academic Unit | Department of Social and Behavioural Sciences | Credit Units | 3 | Course Duration | One Semester | Course Offering Term*: | Semester B 2024/25 |
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| * The offering term is subject to change without prior notice |
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Course Aims
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This course will:
- examine how law can be used as a framework of protection and oppression for both service users and social workers
- introduce the legal principles, institutions and processes that underpin the Hong Kong legal system
- foster an understanding the impact of laws on social work practice in various settings such as child welfare, criminal justice, domestic violence, guardianship, mental health, and anti-discrimination
- examine social workers' legal duties, ethics and obligations such as negligence, duty of care, confidentiality and informed consent
- develop students' competence in handling legal issues in social work practice
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Assessment (Indicative only, please check the detailed course information)
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Continuous Assessment: 100% |
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Detailed Course Information
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SS5114.pdf
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