MODULE CODE: SCW206
TITLE OF PAPER: Professional Law in Practice
Candidates should answer ONE question from this section. You should allow
approximately an hour for this section of the paper.
1. Critically exam
...
MODULE CODE: SCW206
TITLE OF PAPER: Professional Law in Practice
Candidates should answer ONE question from this section. You should allow
approximately an hour for this section of the paper.
1. Critically examine the role of law in local authority social work practice with
children and families.
2. Critically appraise the role of a social worker providing a service to children at
risk of becoming looked after by a local authority. In your answer, consider the
legal powers and duties of local authorities in relation to ‘care’ and
accommodation of children.
3. Why is legal knowledge essential for social workers providing a service to
children who are at risk of or suffering significant harm?
SECTION B - Unseen questions
Answer FOUR of the following nine questions. These questions are intended to have
shorter answers: allowing approximately fifteen minutes for each answer in this
section means that you can spend an equal amount of time on each section of the
paper.
4. What are the intended outcomes for children of the Every Child Matters policy
stream, and how are they relevant for child and family social work?
5. What is the organisation that co-ordinates child protection provision in local
authorities in England, what is its remit, and which legislation defines its
responsibilities?
6. What is the ‘welfare checklist’, what does it contain, and when is it used?
7. What are the ‘Section 8’ orders, and why are they relevant for social workers?
8. What is ‘parental responsibility’ and why is it of relevance to social work?
9. What are the most significant differences between a care order and a
supervision order? What would indicate that one might seek one order rather
than the other? 3
SCW206
SCW206 - PROFESSIONAL LAW IN PRACTICE
Candidates are asked to answer: ONE question from Section A, FOUR subsidiary
questions from Section B, and ONE question from Section C.
TIME ALLOWED: THREE HOURS
10. What is the definition of a ‘child in need’, and what rights are acquired by
children who appear to be in need?
11. Explain the meaning of the term ‘significant harm’ as it is used by social
workers in a child and family context, and discuss why it is important for social
workers.
12. What powers may a social worker use to remove a possibly abusive adult
from a child’s home, and under what conditions may these powers be
obtained and used?
SECTION C - Seen questions
Candidates should answer ONE question from this section. You should allow
approximately an hour for this section of the paper.
13. What safeguards exist to protect the rights of people being assessed for
detention under the Mental Health Act 2007, and to protect the rights of
patients detained under the Mental Health Act 2007?
14. In what ways does the Mental Capacity Act 2005 empower and protect the
rights of people who may lack capacity?
15. Describe and critically comment on the main roles and functions of the AMHP
in undertaking mental health act assessments.
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