Practising Welfare Rights

By Neil Bateman

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415358906
• ISBN13: 9780415358903
• Release Date: January 2006
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.9" x 9.7"