Social work law and UK regulation
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Discover the vital role of law in regulating social work practice and the importance of clear boundaries for professionals. Gain confidence in the profession and learn about the legal framework and remedies available. Understand how social work is regulated across the UK and the interrelationship between duties, powers, rights, and responsibilities in practice.
Social workers have significant powers, rights and responsibilities in their professional role. The law has a vital role in the regulation of professional practice, and such regulation is important to social workers, as it provides clear boundaries for their practice. Boundaries also provide the public with confidence in the profession. It is important for service users to know that a legal framework exists and that remedies are available when professionals act outside the legal framework. In this course you will learn about definitions of law and where legislation comes from. You will then apply this to social work and consider how social work is regulated across the UK specifically.
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:
Understand what professional regulation is and how social work is regulated
Explain the differences in social work’s regulatory and legal frameworks across the four UK nations
Understand the interrelationship between duties, powers, rights and responsibilities, as these relate to social work practice.
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