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Applying social work law to asylum and immigration

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This course will present an overview of the policy and law that relates to social work with people involved in the asylum and immigration system and will introduce you to the ways in which social work practitioners can support people with insecure immigration status, refugees and asylum seekers more effectively. It will highlight some of the realities of asylum and immigration in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland today.This OpenLearn course is an adapted extract from the Open University course K271 Social work law.

Syllabus

  • Introduction
  • Learning outcomes
  • 1 A brief history of immigration law
  • 1 A brief history of immigration law
  • 2 Social workers’ obligations
  • 2 Social workers’ obligations
  • 3 Understanding asylum and immigration policy
  • 3 Understanding asylum and immigration policy
  • 4 Immigration, asylum and refugee status
  • 4 Immigration, asylum and refugee status
  • 4.1 Immigration facts and figures
  • 4.2 The people behind the statistics
  • 5 Working with asylum seekers and refugees
  • 5 Working with asylum seekers and refugees
  • 6 The current legal framework
  • 6 The current legal framework
  • 6.1 The asylum process
  • 6.2 The right to support
  • 7 The social work role
  • 7 The social work role
  • 7.1 Case study: Katy Eagle – a voluntary sector practitioner
  • 7.2 Signposting to other organisations
  • 8 Social work and unaccompanied asylum-seeking children and young people
  • 8 Social work and unaccompanied asylum-seeking children and young people
  • 8.1 Social work and age assessment
  • 8.2 Trafficking
  • 9 Women, asylum and immigration
  • 9 Women, asylum and immigration
  • 9.1 Seeking asylum
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • Acknowledgements

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