This book draws upon the Colorado Model of Criminal Defense-Based Forensic Social Work – a holistic, client-centered, collaborative approach that uses a trauma-informed care framework – to outline the numerous roles and skills of a forensic social worker. The comprehensive, developmentally informed model employs a past, present, and future framework to provide mitigation narratives for defendants and to create a comprehensive approach to service.
Key Features
- Overview of practice standards, ethical considerations, and legal frameworks
- Examination of the unique roles and necessary skills of a forensic social worker
- Use of clinical interventions in nonclinical settings
- Assistance with reentry planning for incarcerated clients
- Strategies for self-care for practitioners
Additional Information
Interwoven with four case studies using the Colorado Model, this book will be valuable reading for graduate schools of social work, law school programs which have clinics or direct practice components to legal studies, and at defender agencies who contract with or employ social workers on staff.
