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Synopsis
Practising Welfare Rights aims to improve awareness among social workers about the skills required for effective welfare rights work, and offers guidance for managers and other professionals about how to develop a welfare rights scheme.
Written by a well-known author, trainer and advisor on welfare rights issues, this book includes:
· learning objectives
· activities to test understanding
· illustrative case studies
· key learning points
· suggestions for further reading
It also covers core welfare rights skills, such as interviewing, researching, negotiation and advocacy, and discusses the social and economic forces as well as the politics of welfare.
An accessible book that highlights the place of welfare rights practice in modern society, Practising Welfare Rights is essential reading for social workers and social care practitioners, professionals and managers in social work and welfare rights settings and anyone studying social work.