Case law is an important tool to help social care professionals navigate complex situations. Explore Research in Practice resources to support the use of case law in practice.
It’s important that social care professionals engage with emerging developments and guidance around case law and legislation to improve support for children, young people, families and adults.
Research in Practice Partners can access our Case Law and Legal Summaries. These provide an overview and analysis of selected judgments, highlighting the implications for social care practice.
Reading and interpreting case law can support your learning and development in a number of different ways. Two blogs explore how Case Law and Legal Summaries can be used to inform continuing professional development (CPD) and support practitioner learning for direct practice.
Democratising legal precedent in social work law involves making judgments accessible and understandable to people who draw on care and support, carers, and frontline practitioners. Allan Norman outlines how case law and legal summaries support this.
Engaging with news and guidance around case law and legislation can support social care professionals in their own practice, leading to better outcomes for the people they support.
Case Law and Legal Summaries for children and families social care
Explore our Case Law and Legal Summaries, highlighting implications for children and young people's social care practice.
Case Law and Legal Summaries for adults social care
Explore our Case Law and Legal Summaries, highlighting implications for social care practice with adults, carers, and communities.
Using Case Law and Legal Summaries to support CPD
Explore how case law can be used to support your practice, decision-making and CPD.
Using Case Law and Legal Summaries to support practice with children and families
Hannah Scott considers how learning from case law can be linked to practitioner development.
Legal precedent – it’s not what it used to be
Allan Norman reflects on how social workers use legal precedent to support their practice.
Legal precedent – it’s not what it used to be
Allan Norman reflects on how social workers can use legal precedent to support their practice.
Using Case Law and Legal Summaries to support CPD
Reading and interpreting case law is an important part of social work practice. Explore how Research in Practice Case Law and Legal Summaries can be used to support practice, decision-making and your continuing professional development.
Using Case Law and Legal Summaries to support practice with children and families
Case Law and Legal Summaries provide an overview of selected case, highlighting implications for social care practice. Hannah Scott outlines a judgement on kinship care, exploring how effective pre-birth support and the use of genograms can support family-centred practice and improve outcomes for children and their families.