Advocacy skills for health and social care professionals / Neil Bateman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bateman, Neil, 1955-

Contributor:

Bateman, Neil, 1955-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social advocacy.

Patient advocacy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (187 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : J. Kingsley, 2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 w

Contents:

COVER; Advocacy Skills for Health and Social Care Professionals; Contents; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; Part 1 Contexts; 1 What Advocacy is, Why it Matters and Why It Happens; 2 Ethical Principles for Effective Advocacy; 3 Advocacy in Action; Part 2 The Advocate's Skills; 4 Introduction to Part 2; 5 Interviewing; 6 Assertiveness and Force; 7 Negotiation; 8 Self-management; 9 Legal Knowledge and Research; 10 Litigation; 11 A Structure for Advocacy; 12 What Next?; SUBJECT INDEX; AUTHOR INDEX;

Notes:

Previous ed.: Advocacy Skills: A handbook for human service professionals, 1995.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Related Work:

Bateman, Neil, 1955- Advocacy Skills: A handbook for human service professionals.

ISBN:

9786610407859

9781280407857

1280407859

9781846421570

1846421578

9781417563494

1417563494

OCLC:

181421410