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Using Advocacy in Social Work Practice: A Guide for Students and Professionals
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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, safeguarding and rights. Tracing how the use of advocacy is mandated in professional social work guidance and codes of practice as well as in legislation such as the Care Act 2014 and the Mental Capacity Act 2005, this book:

Explores definitions of advocacy, discusses what it can achieve and explains the different uses of advocacy in social work.

Covers the necessary knowledge, skills and values that social workers need in order to advocate effectively in their own practice.

Discusses critically what independent advocacy is and explains why it has become an integral part of contemporary social work. Examples are provided of where independent advocacy plays an important role in different areas of social work.

Explains what social workers need to know about working effectively with different types of advocates.

Encourages critical reflection on the relationship between social work and independent advocacy and flags debates and issues relating to the use of advocacy in social work.

Aimed at social work students and social work professionals, this book provides an excellent introduction into a topic which is highly relevant to social work, using case-studies and activities to aid understanding.

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Using Advocacy in Social Work Practice

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, safeguarding and rights.

Tracing how the use of advocacy is mandated in professional social work guidance and codes of practice as well as in legislation such as the Care Act 2014 and the Mental Capacity Act 2005, this book:

Explores definitions of advocacy, discusses what it can achieve and explains the different uses of advocacy in social work.
Covers the necessary knowledge, skills and values that social workers need in order to advocate effectively in their own practice.
Discusses critically what independent advocacy is and explains why it has become an integral part of contemporary social work. Examples are provided of where independent advocacy plays an important role in different areas of social work.
Explains what social workers need to know about working effectively with different types of advocates.
Encourages critical reflection on the relationship between social work and independent advocacy and flags debates and issues relating to the use of advocacy in social work.

Peter Scourfield has practised social work in a variety of settings with diverse service user groups since qualifying as a social worker in 1984. Before moving full time into social work education his most recent social work practice was in a team for older people and people with physical disabilities. Since being in social work education Peter has been a course leader on a MA Social Work programme; practice educator and lecturer and tutor on different undergraduate, post-qualifying and fast track courses. Peters PhD was focused on older peoples experiences in the social care system. However, he has diverse research and writing interests in both social work and social policy and has written on subjects ranging from professional leadership in social work to older peoples experiences of Tai Chi. Peter is currently a Visiting Fellow at Anglia Ruskin University. He has previously published two social work textbooks.

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Using Advocacy in Social Work Practice

A Guide for Students and Professionals

Peter Scourfield

https://www.routledge.com/Student-Social-Work/book-series/SSW

First published 2021

by Routledge

2 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon OX14 4RN

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Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, an informa business

2021 Peter Scourfield

The right of Peter Scourfield to be identified as author of this work has been asserted by him in accordance with sections 77 and 78 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilised in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers.

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Scourfield, Peter, author.

Title: Using advocacy in social work practice: a guide for students and

professionals / Peter Scourfield.

Description: Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon; New York, NY: Routledge, 2021. | Series: Student social work | Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2020042128 (print) | LCCN 2020042129 (ebook) |

ISBN 9780367484644 (paperback) | ISBN 9780367484651 (hardback) |

ISBN 9781003041122 (ebook)

Subjects: LCSH: Social advocacy. | Social service.

Classification: LCC HV40 .S3947 2021 (print) | LCC HV40 (ebook) |

DDC 361.3/2dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020042128

LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020042129

ISBN: 978-0-367-48465-1 (hbk)

ISBN: 978-0-367-48464-4 (pbk)

ISBN: 978-1-003-04112-2 (ebk)

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Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1 What is advocacy?

2 Advocacy in the context of social work

3 Independent advocacy

4 Advocacy in social work: values, ethics and skills

5 Advocacy and social work: some final thoughts

References

Mainly I would like to thank my wife, Jean, for all the logistical support she provided whilst I was writing this book. Many brains were picked in trying to ensure that I was on top of the current policy and practice in diverse areas of social work. However, a particular thank you needs to go to Claire Howell who provided me with many insights into advocacy in children and families social work.

Different forms of advocacy have existed for centuries. However, if you ask someone what they think advocacy is you will soon find that it means different things to different people in different contexts. It can be an elusive concept to pin down. Nevertheless, advocacy is an important concept to know about in social work for different reasons. For one, professional guidance not only specifies that social workers are expected to be able to advocate on behalf of service users, but also states that they need to know when to refer service users to appropriate independent advocates. In fact, the emergence of formal independent advocacy roles in recent years has meant that social workers are more and more likely to be working alongside and sometimes challenged by independent advocates in their practice. Therefore, understanding the roles and responsibilities of different independent advocates and the codes of practice and principles by which they work is of vital importance in all areas of social work.

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