Advocacy skills : a handbook for human service professionals

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Advocacy skills : a handbook for human service professionals

Neil Bateman

Arena , Ashgate Pub. Co., c1995

  • : pbk

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 151-153) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Advocacy is a skill used by many people in human service organizations - for example, social workers, community medical staff and advice workers. This book sets out guidelines for the effective professional practice of advocacy so as to get past obstacles and secure tangible results.

Table of Contents

  • Part I: advocacy in context
  • the ethical principles of advocacy
  • advocacy in action. Part II: interviewing
  • assertiveness and constructive use of aggression
  • negotiation
  • self-management
  • legal research
  • litigation
  • a structure for advocacy
  • where to from here?

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