Social Work with Adults

by Jim Rogers, Helen Davies, Lucy Bright

Book Overview

Social work with vulnerable adults is becoming increasingly centred on a key piece of legislation: the Mental Capacity Act. The Act provides a framework for protecting the vulnerable while allowing those who may lack capacity to have certain safeguards enshrined in law.

This book will help support students to learn two things: first, how the Mental Capacity Act operates and what its key principles are when applied to safeguarding adults;...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1473907551
• ISBN13: 9781473907553
• Release Date: November 2015
• Publisher: Learning Matters
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.64 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.7" x 9.6"