Università Roma Tre

The course aims to deepen the professional discipline starting from the basic concepts and the specific nomenclature and to describe the theoretical references in relation to the operational practice and the methodological framework of the profession, in relation to the main interlocutors of the social worker: the individual and the family context, the reference community context and its aggregations, public organizations, third sector agencies and voluntary organizations.
The objective is to arouse in the students knowledge and analysis tools that allow them to integrate the theoretical cognitive experience with the training experience of the internship.
Topics covered
- The professional social service: definitions and concepts.
- Mandates and responsibilities of the social worker:
 social complexity and integration and inclusion processes,
 individual / social needs and personal / community / institutional resources
- The social worker between theory and practice: reflexivity in the perspective of continuous training and learning from experience.
- Theoretical references and operational perspectives in the social service: the theoretical / operational models of the social service.
- The help process: from the design logic to the methodological framework (context, procedure, techniques and tools).
Teaching methodology and verification of learning
The course includes some lectures aimed at the theoretical presentation of the contents and the use of the active methodology in experiential exercises on theoretical and methodological contents, to develop reflective skills and tools for the conceptualization of the experience.
Intermediate checks are also planned on the learning processes, through classroom discussions and any written papers that can contribute to the formulation of the final assessment.

BARTOLOMEI A., PASSERA A.L., L’ASSISTENTE SOCIALE. MANUALE DI SERVIZIO SOCIALE PROFESSIONALE, CIERE, ROMA, 2010
FARGION S. I LINGUAGGI DEL SERVIZIO SOCIALE, CAROCCI, ROMA, 2002
GUI L., LE SFIDE TEORICHE DEL SERVIZIO SOCIALE, CAROCCI, ROMA, 2004
SICORA A., L’ASSISTENTE SOCIALE RIFLESSIVO, PENSA MULTIMEDIA, LECCE, 2005