Practising Welfare Rights (The Social Work Skills Series)

Practising Welfare Rights (The Social Work Skills Series)

by NeilBateman (Author)

Synopsis

Practising Welfare Rights aims to improve awareness among people working in social work and advice agencies about the skills required for effective welfare rights work, and offers guidance for managers and other professionals about how to develop a welfare rights service.

Written by a well-known author, trainer and adviser on welfare rights issues, this book includes:

  • learning objectives
  • activities to test understanding
  • illustrative case studies.

It also covers core welfare rights skills, such as interviewing, legal research, negotiation and advocacy, and discusses the historical, social and economic forces which have shaped welfare rights practice as well as the politics of welfare.

An accessible book which highlights the place of welfare rights practice in modern society.

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More Information

Format: Paperback
Pages: 144
Edition: New edition
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 08 Dec 2005

ISBN 10: 0415358906
ISBN 13: 9780415358903

Media Reviews

'There are no more passionate advocates for welfare rights services than Bateman and this commitment runs like a thread throughout...this book will be both useful and interesting.' - Community Care

Author Bio
writer and trainer specialising in welfare rights and social policy issues