Practising Welfare Rights

Zusatztext '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 Informationen zum Autor Neil Bateman Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung This book presents a wealth of information to help people working in social care and advice agencies build the knowledge and skills they need for effective welfare rights work, and to develop a welfare rights service. Inhaltsverzeichnis Claiming Income Support Novello Maynard Thompson 1. What is Welfare Rights Practice? 2. Modern Welfare Rights Practice 3. Effective Welfare Rights Practice 4. Developing Welfare Rights Practice 5. Useful Resources for Welfare Rights Practice

Product details

• Authors: Neil Bateman, Neil (Writer and Trainer Specialising in Bateman, Neil (writer and trainer specialising in welfare rights and social policy issues) Bateman, Bateman Neil
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 08.12.2005
• EAN: 9780415358897
• ISBN: 978-0-415-35889-7
• No. of pages: 142
• Series: The Social Work Skills Series; The Social Work Skills Series
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political system; MEDICAL / Health Care Delivery, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Policy, Social groups, Social Work, Social groups, communities and identities