Applying social work law to asylum and immigration
|
Learn about the policy and law related to social work with asylum seekers and refugees. Discover how social workers can effectively support individuals with insecure immigration status. Gain insight into the realities of asylum and immigration in the UK. Enhance your understanding of refugee rights and the barriers they face in accessing services. Promote best practice by combining knowledge of the law and social work values. This course provides a valuable overview for social workers.
This course will present an overview of the policy and law that relates to social work with people involved in the asylum and immigration system and will introduce you to the ways in which social work practitioners can support people with insecure immigration status, refugees and asylum seekers more effectively. It will highlight some of the realities of asylum and immigration in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland today.This OpenLearn course is an adapted extract from the Open University course K271 Social work law.
Course learning outcomes
After studying this course, you should be able to:
Appreciate why social workers need to know about asylum and immigration law
Understand what it means to be a refugee
Identify the rights asylum seekers have
Recognise the support available, as well as barriers to migrants, asylum seekers and refugees accessing services
Recognise how an understanding of the law and social work values promotes best practice when working with migrants, asylum seekers and refugees.
