Advocacy in Action: Theory and Practice of Social Work
Advocacy in Action: Theory and Practice of Social Work

Summary/Abstract: This article aims to present social work as a practice protecting the rights of people suffering from theprocesses of marginalisation. It takes as its point of departure two models of advocacy structuring multiple typesof activity in this field, ranging from work with particular individuals to political engagement at the macro level.The next part offers a discussion of the results of a quantitative study (CAWI and CATI interviews) conductedamong social workers from local social welfare centres in the Wielkopolska region. In the light of analysis of theobtained data, the practice of advocacy in social work emerges as one focused on providing direct assistance inthe form of financial and non-financial benefits. The declared level of acceptance to facilitating collective actionand macro practice of social work was lower. The results also reveal the attitudes of social workers to social rightsand social problems

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