Conclusion

In this course, you have explored your initial perceptions of social workers and then learned about the diverse social work role. The course has introduced you to the core values of the social work profession and begun to demonstrate how applying these values can be complex and challenging in practice.

There are three other courses that build on this learning. If you choose to study these you will go on to consider how law is made across the UK; how the social work profession is regulated across the four nations; and how legislation influences social workers in their day-to-day practice with the people that use social work services.

• Social work law and UK regulation
• Applying social work law with children and families
• Applying social work law to asylum and immigration

This OpenLearn course is an adapted extract from the Open University course K271 Social work law.