98412 - Lab: the Role of the Social Worker in Palliative Care. Skills and Operational Practises

Learning outcomes

At the end of the course, students: - know the role of services in emergency management: the legislative framework, the professional role of social worker and the role of service networks - the theoretical-methodological key-points of social intervention in these areas, - how local systems individuate and tackle the emerging needs.

Course contents

The workshop will be organized in collaboration with Carlo Brighi,  Sara Surace, Elena Giallombardo and Elena Lupinacci from the Pr.I.S. service - Cooperativa Società Dolce.

The following general issues will be considered:

• The meaning of social emergency.
• The theoretical and methodological framework.
  
• The map of services and their organization.
• The relations between services: practices and comparative examples.

As regards these topics, 8 seminars will be scheduled (the sequence of topics can change, please check again at the beginning of September):

I seminar – September 26, 1pm-3pm 

• Gabriele Manella - UniBo
• Sara Surace, Elena Lupinacci, Equipe - Società Dolce – Sara Buttura

Presentation of the laboratory and the Bologna PrIS  service

II seminar – October 3, 1pm-3pm

Emergy Reception Services in Bologna: a protection network for MSNA

• Anna Viola Toller – Coordinamento Accoglienze MSNA ASP PI
• Claudia Rappuoli - Team anti-tratta, Società Dolce
• Sara Surace, Elena Lupinacci- PrIS Bologna - Società Dolce

III seminar – October 17, 1pm-5pm

Social Services in the Management of Natural Disasters in Bologna. Institutional Collaboration in the Flood Emergency 

• Annalisa Faccini - Manager Coesione Sociale sector - Asp Città di Bologna
• Barbara Verasani, Municipality of San Giovanni in Persiceto (BO)
• Rappresentanza PL di Bologna – Ispettore Faldetta
• Sara Surace – PriS Bologna Società Dolce

IV seminar – October 24, 1pm-3pm

Tackling extreme adult emargination

• Anna Maria Nicolini, manager Servizio Contrasto GEA - ASP Città di Bologna
• Davide Mignano, manager Servizio di Instrada, and Marina Padula, Coordinamento Servizi di Prossimità - ASP Città di Bologna
• Sara Surace- PrIS Bologna - Società Dolce

V seminar – November 7, 1pm-3pm

The Gender Violence in Emergency: a Look to the Problem

• Staff from Prins Rimini and Riccione Mondo Donna Onlus

VI seminar – November 14, 1pm-3pm

Child protection and ex Article 403 after the Cartabia Reform

• Dario Vinci - Municipality of Bologna
• Maria Rosaria Nuzzo - Municiaplity of Bologna
• Sara Surace- PrIS Bologna - Società Dolce

VIII seminar - November 21, 1pm-3pm

A Comparative  PrIS Look: Bologna, Cremona, Venezia, and Toscana

• Arianna Giannelli - SEUS Regione Toscana
• Andrea Mirri, to introduce and present his book
• Silvia Ventura – Pris Cremona
• Mauro Spadotto - PrIS Venezia
• Sara Surace- PrIS Bologna - Società Dolce

VIII seminar – November 28, 1pm-3pm

Case Works

• Sara Surace, Elena Lupinacci + two sociale workers from the equipe PrIS Bologna - Società Dolce

Readings/Bibliography

A. Mirri, A. Campanini, Il servizio sociale d'urgenza. Gli interventi nelle emergenze personali e familiari, Carocci, Roma, 2022.

Further material from the seminars will be available on the Virtuale platform. 

Teaching methods

Seminars, work groups at class.

Assessment methods

Credits will be assigned once the following conditions are met:

1. Attendance to seminar meetings (at least 6 on 8).

2. Final exam. The exam will consist on a paper to be submitted by e-mail to the teacher at least 10 days before the exam date. The topic will be chosen by the student but communicated and discussed with the teacher. The paper's length is between 10,000 and 15,000 characters including spaces and bibliography/sitography. The paper must include a brief introduction (objective of the work, structure of the paper, and the specific link with the laboratory topics) and a brief conclusion (two-three core aspects that emerged about the paper aim, and aspects that could be explored in the future).

Es regards the exam dates, the schedule will be: three sessions between 7.01.2026 and 13.02.2026, two sessions between  01.06.2026 and 31.07.2026, one session between 24.08.2026 and 11.09.2026.

Teaching tools

Students with learning disorders and\or temporary or permanent disabilities: please, contact the office responsible ( https://site.unibo.it/studenti-con-disabilita-e-dsa/en/for-students ) as soon as possible so that they can propose acceptable adjustments. The request for adaptation must be submitted in advance (15 days before the exam date) to the lecturer, who will assess the appropriateness of the adjustments, taking into account the teaching objectives.

 

Office hours

See the website of Gabriele Manella