Ethics and Law for Social Workers

About Robert Johns

Before moving into social work education Robert Johns worked for a number of years in a range of social work roles predominantly in the public sector. His specialisms were youth justice and court-work representing the interests of children involved in care proceedings. Academically his major abiding interest has been social work law but he has also taught social policy and social work values and ethics hence his latest book Ethics and Law for Social Workers. Currently he teaches  at the University of East London where has been Head of Social Work and programme leader for the qualifying MA offered in conjunction with the Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust. He is the author of Using the Law in Social Work now in its sixth edition Social Work Social Policy and Older People and most recently  Capacity and Autonomy.