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Advocacy in practice — the troubled position of advocates in adult services
Author(s)	Liz Forbat, Dorothy Atkinson
Journal title	British Journal of Social Work, vol 35, no 3, April 2005
Pages	pp 321-336
Source	http://bjsw.oupjournals.org
Keywords	Advocacy ; Social work ; Evaluation ; Nottinghamshire.
Annotation	This paper is a review, and critical appraisal, of the theory and practice of advocacy. Advocacy is not social work, but its principles and values resonate closely to those espoused by the British Association of Social Workers (BASW, 2002). In this paper, the authors interrogate the assumption that advocacy is necessarily always a positive and enabling experience. Indeed, they suggest that the use of advocacy can be contested from the point of the view of the service user (the advocacy partner), the advocate and from professionals working with advocates (or positioning themselves as advocates). Drawing on recent research that evaluated advocacy services in Nottinghamshire, some of the key tensions are discussed. In particular, the reality of the advocate's role is considered, where it relates to and differs from social work, and the issue of whether advocacy can be part of what a social worker does anyway. (KJ/RH).
Accession Number	CPA-050520203 A
Classmark	IQ: IG: 4C: 8NT
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