# Learning outcomes

After studying this course, you should be able to:

- identify the roles of social care practitioners and social workers
- understand what shapes people’s identities and why this is important in social care and social work
- recognise the importance of care and protection in social care and social work
- explain why knowing about the law is important to social care and social work practice.

OpenLearn - Introducing social care and social work
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