SWP 201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Consumerism, Scientific Method, Welfare Rights
22 Nov 2017
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Advocacy- involves action with and on behalf of clients. Acting on behalf of the client (individual, family) in order to get services or reach goal. Advocating for a cause, not a person. Personal is political case and cause advocacy is interrelated. One-to-one support by advocates with similar experience to service user. Make decisions about things that affect their lives. Advocacy in practice: political--the right to participate in the exercise of power, at a minimum the right to vote. - citizenship is important: social --the right to enjoy a minimum standard of welfare and security. -eg: the right to adequate education, health care and social security civil --civil rights encompass the liber of peoples to free speech an, thought and faith, and the right to own property. How: participation, self help groups, peer led empowerment. Advocacy, negotiation and mediation: advocacy may occur in the course of negotiation, but can and should be distinguished from it.
