1st Edition
Claimant or Client? A Social Worker's View of the Supplementary Benefits Commission
By Olive Stevenson
Copyright 1973
234 Pages
by
Routledge
234 Pages
by
Routledge
234 Pages
by
Routledge
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Originally published in 1973, the aim of this book was to consider the relationship of a vital element in our social security system, the Supplementary Benefits Commission, to the personal social services, in particular to social work. Notions of ‘entitlement’ and ‘rights’ in means-tested benefit schemes are examined in relation to those claimants, including unsupported mothers and the so-called... Read more
Acknowledgments. Introduction. 1. Stigma and Need 2. The Exercise of Discretion 3. The Structure and Organisation of the Supplementary Benefits Administration 4. Voluntary Unemployment I – The Claimants 5. Voluntary Unemployment II – Investigation and Treatment 6. Unsupported Mothers 7. Special Welfare Officers 8. Selection, Attitudes and Training of Staff 9. Relations with Social Workers – Present and Future. Appendix.
Biography
Olive Stevenson
