Law and youth work [electronic resource] / Mary Maguire.

By: Contributor(s): Series: Empowering youth and community work practicePublication details: Exeter : Learning Matters, 2009.Description: vii, 109 p. : illISBN:
  • 9780857255594 (e-book)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 22
LOC classification:
  • KD735
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Also available in printed form ISBN 9781844452453
Summary: Practical and straightforward approach to understanding how the law protects, empowers and regulates young people's lives. This book offers a practical and straightforward approach to understanding how the law protects, empowers and regulates young people's lives. The implications for the professional youth worker of a wide range of dilemmas are considered. Workers are encouraged to consider what is meant by rights and, through practical examples, to examine their own beliefs and ethical codes, particularly where they conflict with established rules. The book combines real-life examples with discussion points on some of the key principles of law, inviting readers to consider what it means to be professional and to promote and support young peoples' rights.
List(s) this item appears in: BA YCD: The Professional role: responding to changing environments in youth and community work. Essential reading. TBUT600012
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Practical and straightforward approach to understanding how the law protects, empowers and regulates young people's lives. This book offers a practical and straightforward approach to understanding how the law protects, empowers and regulates young people's lives. The implications for the professional youth worker of a wide range of dilemmas are considered. Workers are encouraged to consider what is meant by rights and, through practical examples, to examine their own beliefs and ethical codes, particularly where they conflict with established rules. The book combines real-life examples with discussion points on some of the key principles of law, inviting readers to consider what it means to be professional and to promote and support young peoples' rights.

Also available in printed form ISBN 9781844452453

Electronic reproduction. Askews and Holts. Mode of access: World Wide Web.

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