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 the Author
writer and trainer specialising in welfare rights and social policy issues

Reviews

'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

'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.' - communitycare.co.uk

'An enjoyable read.' - Adviser

'As part of the social work skills series , it is no less than essential.'

- communitycare.co.uk

'The book is actually a far-ranging treatise on the nature and practice of welfare rights advice work.' - communitycare.co.uk

Book Information
ISBN 9780415358903
Author Neil Bateman
Format Paperback
Page Count 144
Imprint Routledge
Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
Weight(grams) 270g