Università Roma Tre

(Annunziata Bartolomei)
The course aims to deepen the professional discipline starting from the basic concepts and the specific nomenclature and to decline 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 community context of reference and its aggregations, public organizations, third sector and voluntary agencies.
The aim is to arouse in students knowledge and analysis tools that allow them to integrate the theoretical cognitive experience with the training experience of the internship.

Topics

- Professional social work: definitions and concepts.
- The mandates and responsibilities of the social worker:
O social complexity and integration and inclusion processes,
O 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 social work: theoretical/operational models of social work.
- The aid process: from the design logic to the methodological framework (context, procedure, techniques and tools).

Teaching methodology and learning tests

The course includes some lectures aimed at the theoretical presentation of the contents and the use of the active methodology in experiential exercises on the theoretical and methodological contents, to develop reflective skills and tools for the conceptualization of the experience.
Intermediate tests on learning processes are also planned, through exercises, classroom discussions and any written papers that may contribute to the formulation of the final evaluation.
The final evaluation of the course will be in written and oral form.

Exam texts
Bartolomei A., Passera A.L., (2010) The social worker. Professional Social Service Manual, CieRe, Rome
Fargion S. (2013) The Method, Carocci, Rome
Sanfelici M., (2017) The models of social work. From theory to intervention. Carocci, Rome
Sicora A., (2010) Error and learning in the helping professions, Maggioli






Optional in-depth texts
Sanfelici M., (2024) Fundamentals of anti-oppressive social service. Rome: Carocci Faber
Bertotti T., Fazzi L., Rosignoli A., (2021) Social work: key competences. Rome: Carocci Faber

It is highly recommended:
Campanini A (2022) (ed.) New dictionary of social service. (Revised and updated edition) Rome: Carocci, Faber - Social Service Series

Any further indications of bibliographic material will be provided during the course.