Corsi di Studio del Dipartimento di Culture, Politica e Società

Students should have acquired basic knowledge on social service. The origin of the Bachelor's Degree in social work facilitates the understanding of teaching content.
Those who are graduates in other disciplines will be able to supplement their preparation with dedicated readings, as indicated in the suggested texts.

The teaching aims to reach the goal of the degree in Social Work and Social Policies by giving to the students a critical reassessement on the epistemological premises and on theoretical developments that characterized the social work as a "research tradition" and professional discipline, to trace elements present and 'evolutionary trends. 

At the end of the teaching, students must be able:

 Knowledge and comprehension skills

The student must have a good knowledge of the topics covered during the course and be able to critically use the knowledge acquired. 

Ability to apply knowledge and comprehension

At the end of the teaching, students must be able:

to operate links and connections between the concepts and contents of the different texts and teaching materials;

to place the social work as a profession in the setting of welfare systems and recognize cultural and organizational transformations in place and perspective;

Recognizing the transformative potential of social work, understood as development and adaptation of the functions of the profession and how to enhance cognitive bases of the discipline.

to search for evidence and information about the specific nature of a social problem, individually or collectively, which may be the subject of actions;

to interact within complex organizations: participate in the definition of the design of specific services, contribute to local social policies, cooperate with other professionals in interdisciplinary and team between institutions, promoting cultural and organisational innovation.

Classwork consists in 27 traditional teaching. Attending is not compulsing.

The classroom exercise is provided for students attending, whose final product is a classroom presentation of the work done.  Exercise will have a vote of thirty, then averaged with the final grade, until the end of the academic year 2018-19

The possession of the above qualities will be tested in a written examination (120 mins), which will contain questions designed to test:

a. Knowledge of the basic concepts of various theories about cultures in the organization;

b. The capacity to compare authors and concepts as well as problems and social processes in different organizations.

The test's evaluation criteria will be as follows:

a) Precision and task completion;

b) Clarity of expression and sectorial vocabulary;

c) Critical-analytical capacity and the ability to give examples

 The text consists of 5 open questions - 5 questions closed.

The evaluation criteria are:

-  open answer questions: score 0 to 4;

- closed-ended questions: 2 points for each correct answer; 1 point for each wrong answer; 0 points in the absence of response.

In order to facilitate learning, students are invited, in case of need for clarification, to contact the teacher in person or via e-mail to schedule an interview.

The course will cover the following topics: 

- the relationship between social work and scientific paradigms in modernity and post-modernity;

- evidence based practice and social work;

- research on practices;

- critical reflexivity;

- evaluation in the social work;

- the quality of the product / service and professional practice;

- the impact of managerialism in the social service;

- the skills of the social worker and the aging of the population, as an empirical case of updating the discipline and the profession of social service.

 

The program is the same for attending and non-attending students:

ALBANO R., DELLAVALLE M. (a cura di) (2013), Organizzare il servizio sociale. Nodi interpretativi e strumenti di analisi per gli assistenti sociali, Franco Angeli, Milano (cap. 5, cap. 7)

CAMPANINI A. (a cura di) (2006), La valutazione nel Servizio Sociale, Carocci, Roma, (cap. 1,2,3, 5, 6, 8)

FARGION S. (2009), Il Servizio sociale. Storia, temi, dibattiti, Laterza, Bari (cap. 3, 4, 5)

PREGNO C. (2016), Servizio sociale e anziani, Carocci, Roma

TOUSIJN W., DELLAVALLE M. (2017), Logica professionale e logica manageriale. Una ricerca sulle professioni sociali, Il Mulino, Bologna (cap. 3, 4, 6, 7)

Further references disclosures will be provided during the course

Students who do not come from the Bachelor of Social Work will find conceptual elements that will be treated in terms developed during the course in the text below

- BORTOLI B. (2006), I giganti del lavoro sociale. Grandi donne ( e grandi uomini) nella storia del Welfare 1526 - 1939, Erikson, Trento ( in particolare capitoli 1,2,3)

- CAMPANINI A. (a cura di) (2005), Nuovo dizionario di Servizio sociale, Carocci, Roma

- CELLINI G., DELLAVALLE M. (2015), Il processo di aiuto nel servizio sociale. Prospettive metodologiche, Giappichelli, Torino

- DELLAVALLE M. (2008), Le radici del Servizio sociale in Italia, Celid, Torino

- FERRARIO F. (2004), Le dimensioni dell'intervento sociale. Un modello unitario centrato sul compito, Carocci, Roma

- NEVE E. (2008), Servizio sociale. Fondamenti e cultura di una professione, Carocci, Roma 

- STEFANI M. (a cura di) (2012), Le origini del servizio sociale italiano. Tremezzo: un evento fondativo del 1946. Saggi e testimonianze, Viella, Roma  

The exam may be taken no more than three times during the sittings programmed during the academic year. Students are advised to cancel their SIA registration or, in extreme cases, to inform the professor of their absence BY THE DAY OF THE EXAM.