B2777 - Social Services Law

Learning outcomes

At the end of the course, the student will have the ability to analyze the social protection system and the evolution of Welfare models; he/she will, in addition, be able to understand and examine public interventions on social services (educational, social welfare, social-health). The course, therefore, aims to provide the necessary tools to understand and interpret the areas of intervention of social services and the work of public and private organizations responsible for them.

Course contents

The course aims to analyze the legal framework underlying the system of personal social services.
In particular, the following topics will be discussed:

• Origins and development of welfare systems and the right to social benefits. Constitutional foundations and definitions of the field

• Social rights: from social assistance to social services

• Social rights and the welfare system

• The universality of the social services system: Law No. 328/2000

• Funding systems, planning as a programming tool, and the role of private assistance

• Areas of intervention (family, minors, disability, elderly care, addictions, etc.)

Readings/Bibliography

F. Manganaro, R. Morzenti Pellegrini, V. Molaschi, D. Siclari, Manuale di Legislazione dei servizi sociali, Giappichelli ed., Torino, Last edition.

A. Gualdani, Diritto dei servizi sociali, Giappichelli ed., Torino, Last edition.

Other material is uploaded on the VIRTUALE platform.

Teaching methods

- Frontal lessons - Case study Analysis/Working groups

Assessment methods

Oral exam.

Regarding evaluation, the following scheme will be used:

18-23: the student has sufficient preparation and analytical skills, spread however, over just few topics taught in the course, the overall jargon is correct

24-27: the student has more than a sufficient preparation, but he/she shows some doubts over the topics. Good analytical skills with the use of a correct jargon

28-30: Deep knowledge about most of the topics taught in the course, good critical skills

30L: excellent knowledge of all the topics tackled during the course, as well as excellent usage of technical jargon

Teaching tools

PPT presentations, textbook, other reading suggested by the teacher.

Office hours

See the website of Claudia Golino