SWK 612 - Social Work and the Law Credits: 3

Social workers understand that virtually everything they do professionally in the 21st century has to include evaluations of risk, legality, funding, and unintended consequences. Malpractice appropriately receives much attention in this regard but legislative and regulatory requirements regarding funding, grants and contracts, definitions of disabilities, responsibilities of different levels of government and many other legal aspects of the profession must also be considered. Law, for most people, is a foreign language and social workers need to be somewhat fluent in this language so they can deal with the convergence of law and social work, social services and social policy. Approximately one-third of this class will include online content, one-third will be in person with the instructor, and one-third will be via video conferencing.

Prerequisite(s): SWK 531 or SWK 601 (may be taken concurrently)