Module Descriptors
SOCIAL WELFARE LAW AND PRACTICE
LAWS71243
Key Facts
Health, Education, Policing and Sciences
Level 7
15 credits
Contact
Leader: Keith Puttick
Email: K.A.Puttick@staffs.ac.uk
Hours of Study
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities: 3
Independent Study Hours: 147
Total Learning Hours: 150
Assessment
- COURSEWORK -ESSAY weighted at 100%
Module Details
Module Additional Assessment Details
Essay 3000 words weighted at 100% which contributes to all LO's
Additional Assessment Details (include formative feedback / assessment):
Formative feedback will be provided following online seminar tasks
Additional Assessment Details (include formative feedback / assessment):
Formative feedback will be provided following online seminar tasks
Module Indicative Content
In this Module we consider citizens' rights to 'welfare' within the Social Welfare Law system, including legal interventions in the family, employment, and other areas of the 'private' domain to achieve welfare objectives. In addition, the focus is on State provision such as Community Care benefits and services.
More specifically, we consider:
- rights to welfare support: and legal responsibilities of claimants and users of the State welfare and community care systems
- welfare support aspects of Family Law (on separation and divorce, assistance for children, and family members with special needs and disabilities, and the Child Support system)
- employment (particularly in-work 'welfare')
- housing (in relation to assistance with mortgage and rent costs, social housing, community care, and homelessness)
- personal injury (and the benefits payable/services available in relation to accidents, disability, etc)
- Criminal Law aspects of welfare (including fraud aspects of overpayments)
- immigration and asylum (and financial support delivered by the Home Office, NASS, and the community care system)
- support for the older citizen
- Public Law aspects of welfare, including rights of appeal to tribunals and judicial review if appeal is not available
More specifically, we consider:
- rights to welfare support: and legal responsibilities of claimants and users of the State welfare and community care systems
- welfare support aspects of Family Law (on separation and divorce, assistance for children, and family members with special needs and disabilities, and the Child Support system)
- employment (particularly in-work 'welfare')
- housing (in relation to assistance with mortgage and rent costs, social housing, community care, and homelessness)
- personal injury (and the benefits payable/services available in relation to accidents, disability, etc)
- Criminal Law aspects of welfare (including fraud aspects of overpayments)
- immigration and asylum (and financial support delivered by the Home Office, NASS, and the community care system)
- support for the older citizen
- Public Law aspects of welfare, including rights of appeal to tribunals and judicial review if appeal is not available
Module Learning Strategies
This is a distance learning award delivered via the Blackboard VLE
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities: (3 hours)
1 hour - Telephone tutorials with the tutor
2 hours - Scheduled discussion forums
Guided Independent Study: (147 hours) This will be made up of:
Preparation for tasks and online discussions; wider reading including exploring additional sources of information, (particularly web based), updating their knowledge in line with developments and changes
Reading study materials, asynchronous online seminars, interactive tasks
Preparation for and completing the assignment
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities: (3 hours)
1 hour - Telephone tutorials with the tutor
2 hours - Scheduled discussion forums
Guided Independent Study: (147 hours) This will be made up of:
Preparation for tasks and online discussions; wider reading including exploring additional sources of information, (particularly web based), updating their knowledge in line with developments and changes
Reading study materials, asynchronous online seminars, interactive tasks
Preparation for and completing the assignment
Module Resources
PC and internet access
Access to Blackboard VLE
Access to Blackboard VLE
Module Texts
Clements, L; Thompson P. (2011) Community Care & the Law, Legal Action Group Publications
CPAG. (2013 ¿ updated annually) Welfare Benefits and Tax Credits Handbook, CPAG
CPAG. (2013 ¿ updated annually) Welfare Benefits and Tax Credits Handbook, CPAG