73409 - Programming Social Services on The Territory

Learning outcomes

After completing the course the student:

- knows main socio-sanitary organizations processes;

- masters problems of relations between actors and organizational processes in the development's projects focused to create commons good;

- knows and can use the most relevant sociological tools to understand of the organizational issues;

- knows and can use the most relevant sociological tools to promote socio-sanitary organizations networks in order to reach complex targets in the care interventions.

Course contents

The course is organized with a part of lectures taught in presence (24 hours) and another taught online on MS TEAMS (14 hours). The number of students allowed in class is determined on the basis of class capacity and by the health and safety provisions that deal with the pandemic emergency. In case more students want to attend classes in presence than permitted by the rules, a system of shifts will be organized so to allow students to participate. Regardless of the health-related conditions and the specific organization of the course, students will be able to follow the lessons of the entire course remotely on MS TEAMS.

The course aims to provide the most relevant tools to plan public social services, with specific attention to regional social services organization.
Contents:
The process of welfare reform and the new social planning: keywords.
The current  regulatory and institutional framework of social services: a comparative analysis between regional systems in Italy.
The organizational dimension of local social public services.

Readings/Bibliography

Bifulco L. (2015). Il welfare locale. processi e prospettive. Roma: Carocci editore.

Giovannetti M., Gori C., Pacini L. (2014). La pratica del welfare locale. L'evoluzione degli interventi e le sfide per i Comuni. Santarcangelo di Romagna: Maggioli editore.

Gui L., (2009) (a cura di), Organizzazione e servizio sociale, Roma: Carocci editore. ( only cap. 1-2-3-4-5)

Ferraro U., Bruni C. (2009). Pianificazione e gestione dei servizi sociali. L'approccio sociologico e la prassi operativa. Milano: FrancoAngeli  (only cap. 1 and 4).

Teagno D., (2012) "Logiche, stili e strumenti della pianificazione sociale in Busso. S., N. Negri (a cura di), 2012, La programmazione sociale a livello locale, Carocci: Roma.

Attending students: bibliography will be agreed during the course.

Teaching methods

lectures, scholar seminars, practises.

Assessment methods

Written examination (open questions).

It will produce excellent valuations: the ability to deepen and put into connection with each other the main issues addressed in the course; the use of appropriate language with the specific nature of the discipline.

It will produce discrete valuations: mnemonic knowledge of contents and partial ability to link the themes covered; the use of appropriate language.

It will produce sufficient valuations: a minimal body of knowledge on the topics covered; the use of inappropriate language.

It will produce negative valuations: lack of guidance within the themes addressed in the exam readings and training gaps; the use of inappropriate Language.

Teaching tools

Slides and other stuff for deepening issues available at the teaching stuff online site.

Office hours

See the website of Barbara Giullari