Anti-oppressive practice
Subtitle: social care and the law
By: Jane Dalrymple and Beverley Burke.
Contributors: Burke, Beverley, 1957-
Publisher: Open University Press
Published: 1995
Place of publication: Buckingham; Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 183
Subjects: Social service -- Great Britain.; Public welfare -- Law and legislation -- Great Britain.
Description: This book is designed for practitioners and carers in social welfare services to help them make the links between the law and their work. It considers the ways in which the law can be used as an instrument of empowerment and provides readers with the opportunity to develop their competence in the knowledge, values and skills of using the law in relation to practice through a series of case studies and exercises.

By weaving the threads of anti-oppressive practice and the principles which inform legislation used in the delivery of services in the social care field, the book points the way to a new practice that is empowering to service users and ultimately liberating for practitioners. It is a book which is accessible to informal carers, students and professional workers.

The authors draw heavily on their personal and work experiences to understand the issues of power and oppression and how the law can be used to inform the development of anti-oppressive practice.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [166]-175) and index.