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...

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...

Most professionals working in health or social care will be required to act as advocates as part of their work. A social worker or community nurse may need to obtain extra benefits or a particular service for a client; a housing official may need to help a tenant whose benefit has been delayed thus placing them at risk of homelessness; a voluntary body may decide to challenge a statement of special educational needs for a child. This is a practical guide to advocacy skills specifically written for those in the health and social care professions. Neil Bateman examines the function of advocacy...