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Advocacy skills : a handbook for human service professionals / Neil Bateman.

By: Bateman, Neil, 1955-.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Hants : Arena, c1995Description: xi, 156 p. ; 24 cm. + pbk.ISBN: 1857422007 .Subject(s): Social advocacy | Human services -- Philosophy | Human services -- Methodology | Social service -- MethodologyDDC classification: 381
Contents:
Part I: Background -- What is advocacy and why do we use it? -- Principles -- Advocacy in action -- Part II: The advocate's skills -- Introduction to Part II -- Interviewing -- Assertiveness and the constructive use of aggression -- Negotiation -- Self-management -- Legal research -- Litigation -- A structure for advocacy -- Epilogue: Where to from here?

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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.

Bibliography: (pages 151-153) and index.

Part I: Background -- What is advocacy and why do we use it? -- Principles -- Advocacy in action -- Part II: The advocate's skills -- Introduction to Part II -- Interviewing -- Assertiveness and the constructive use of aggression -- Negotiation -- Self-management -- Legal research -- Litigation -- A structure for advocacy -- Epilogue: Where to from here?

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • Preface
  • Acknowledgements
  • Part I Background
  • What is advocacy and why do we use it?
  • Principles
  • Advocacy in action
  • Part II The Advocate's Skills
  • Introduction to Part II
  • Interviewing
  • Assertiveness and the constructive use of aggression
  • Negotiation
  • Self-management
  • Legal research
  • Litigation
  • A structure for advocacy
  • Epilogue: where to from here?
  • Bibliography
  • Index