What to include in a court report about direct work.
The below documents both provide four (4) example sections of a court report. Each section contains a poorly written example, evidencing bad court report writing behaviors, and a well written example that applies best practices. At the top of each section is a summary of what purpose the section serves in the context of the larger court report.
A court can ask for a report to be prepared about an offender before sentencing. This report gives information about the individual and their past and current offences. If the court has ordered a report to be written about you, a criminal justice social worker will meet you to gather information for the report.
The best approach to dealing with a Social Worker if you happen have to is this - DON'T. If you have a choice whether or not to get involved, avoid them at all costs. But if you DO have to deal with them, because a court has ordered it, for example, read this advice. Be bland.
The following case studies will give you a flavour of the sorts of issues and challenges that a social worker deals with on a day to day basis. They cover three areas of social work - work with adults, with children and families and with young people who have committed offences. The case studies represent only some aspects of the wide range of.
The report into the case of Miss X (2004) looked at the case of a woman with learning disabilities who, along with other adults at risk, was seriously abused over a period of years. It recommended that any reviews of social work case records of people with learning disabilities should answer a.
The first part of my assignment will be looking at, the importance of the legal context of social work, different types of law and courts that social workers mostly use when representing cases, the impact of the Human Right Act (1998) upon the legislation and how it links in with anti-oppressive practice as well as the powers and duties and their implications for social work practice.
Case Study 1. Vicky is in her mid-fifties and is divorced with a grown-up family.. Her interests include gardening, theatre, literature - both reading and writing herself - as well as her pets and her faith.. Ferguson, I. (2003) 'Mental Health and Social Work' Chapter 6 in Social Work and the Law in Scotland, Baillie, D. et al (eds.).