TY - BOOK AU - Rogers,Jim AU - Bright,Lucy AU - Davies,Helen TI - Social work with adults T2 - Mastering Social Work Practice SN - 9781526474056 (ebook) : AV - HV3008.G7 R64 2015 PY - 2015/// CY - Los Angeles, CA PB - SAGE Publications, Inc. KW - Great Britain KW - Mental Capacity Act 2005 KW - Social work with people with mental disabilities KW - Law and legislation KW - England KW - Wales KW - Psychiatric social work N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index N2 - Social Work with vulnerable adults is becoming increasingly centred on a key piece of legislation: the Mental Capacity Act. The Act provides a framework for protecting the most vulnerable while allowing those who may lack capacity to have certain safeguards enshrined in law. However, while social workers must understand how legislation operates and the codes of practice that support it, they must also learn the skills to place the vulnerable person at the heart of the process UR - https://sk.sagepub.com/books/social-work-with-adults ER -