· In what ways is counselling relevant to contemporary social work?· How do counselling
skills integrate with social work roles and responsibilities? This book examines these skills …

Advocacy has traditionally been a key element of social work practice (Coulshed and Orme,
1998; Payne, 2000a; Trevithick, 2005, 2012; Boylan and Dalrymple, 2009). It was identified …

Advocacy activities provide an avenue for all social workers to connect their practice with the
profession's aim of social justice. In fact, it is this social justice connection to the advocacy …

When refugees are resettled into a destination, refugee-focused service providers offer
frontline services to ease refugees' experiences of trauma and marginalisation, providing …

This book explains different types of advocacy and the various ways in which advocacy is
used in social work, making links with core social work concepts such as empowerment …

Drawing on Judith Butler's conception of 'performativity', we would argue that the notion has
important implications for contemporary debates in international social welfare over agency …

This paper uses a service evaluation of a city-wide Advocacy Rights Hub, based in a
northern-English city, as a vehicle to explore the shift in welfare provision away from …

Advocacy organisations play a significant role in promoting social justice. These
organisations aim to generate and redistribute economic, social and political capital on …

Purpose The increased involvement of adults at risk in the safeguarding process has
become a prominent issue within English safeguarding policy. However, there is evidence to …

The article examines the practices of social welfare work with homeless women. The
question asked is, what forms of advocacy can be identified in these practices, especially …