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This chapter considers the law on social work practice: legislation, government regulations, circulars and codes of practice. Much of what makes social work practice effective is not legislated for. Sometimes social work research and practice influence and are in advance of regulation and guidance. However an increasing amount of official guidance regulates standards of practice, forging a significant interrelationship between regulation and practice, between the law and social work values and concerns.
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Braye, S., Preston-Shoot, M. (1997). The Law on Social Work Practice. In: Practising Social Work Law. Practical Social Work. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-14475-4_6
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