Practising Welfare Rights (The Social Work Skills Series) - Softcover

Bateman, Neil

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0415358906 ISBN 13: 9780415358903

Publisher: Routledge, 2006

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. 

About this title

About the Author:

Neil Bateman is an internationally renowned author, trainer and consultant specialising in welfare rights and social policy issues. His articles have been frequently published in the social care and public services press. Previous books include Advocacy Skills for Health and Social Care Professionals (2000).

Review:

'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

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0415358906
• ISBN 13: 9780415358903
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 144