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Professione: Assistente Sociale
Full text linkIl volume, attraverso le voci di 60 assistenti sociali operanti in sei diversi contesti regionali (Lombardia, Lazio, Emilia Romagna, Veneto, Piemonte e Toscana), avvia una riflessione sui nodi centrali del loro rapporto quotidiano con l’utenza immigrata: dalle dinamiche relazionali, agli strumenti operativi, al lavoro di rete con gli altri soggetti del contesto territoriale, alle fatiche legate al proprio ruolo professionale, e, infine, alle sfide cui il servizio sociale è chiamato a rispondere e al possibile ruolo della formazione. In questo contesto, il capitolo parte dalla considerazione che il riconoscimento dell’assistente sociale come professionista rappresenta, a livello internazionale, una questione storicamente controversa e prosegue indagando come stia procedendo il percorso di professionalizzazione degli assistenti sociali italiani. A seguito di queste riflessioni, vengono quindi rilevate le categorie con cui gli intervistati si definiscono, facendo particolare attenzione ai riferimenti teorici, agli approcci operativi di stampo individuale o sociale/politico e al riconoscimento sia interno all’ambito delle professioni del sociale (colleghi e altri professionisti del settore) sia all’esterno (utenti e cittadini)
Social service and disability in immigrant families: professionals views and strategies
Full text linkImmigrant families with a member with disability represent a social group particularly at risk: their vulnerability, in fact, depends on both the disability and the migration experience. The paper presents a research work starting from a scoping study (Arksey & O'Malley, 2005), realized by analysing 94 scientific works collected through Scopus with the aim of highlighting the specific problems which immigrant families with disabilities have to deal with, what to do and the culturally sensitive intervention strategies effectively used by the services. Often, they lack informal support networks, they have social and/or economic disadvantages, they do not know how the educational, social and health institutions work. Therefore, they live in a multi-problem situation that requires health and social services to activate personalized assistance that takes into account cultural difference. Results from a quanti-qualitative research study conducted in the context of the Adult Disability Service in Padova will be also presented
Gli utenti dei servizi diventano esperti per esperienza.
No full textGli «esperti per esperienza», utenti dei servizi sociali o sanitari che hanno maturato una conoscenza attiva della propria malattia e dei servizi deputati a curarla, sono entrati a far parte della formazione degli studenti in molte università europee, mentre in Italia il percorso è attivo solo in poche realtà. Il corso di laurea triennale in Servizio Sociale dell’Università degli Studi di Padova, con l’obiettivo di introdurre gli esperti per esperienza nella formazione dei propri studenti, ha scelto di muoversi attraverso lo strumento della ricerca sul servizio sociale. Raccolti i nominativi degli utenti grazie alla collaborazione con i servizi territoriali, sono stati contattati ed è stato chiesto loro di partecipare a una ricerca rispondendo a un’intervista semi-strutturata sulla loro esperienza di utenti e sul ruolo degli esperti con esperienza nei servizi sociali e nell’università. Le prime 20 interviste realizzate con utenti di un Servizio per le Dipendenze del Veneto supportano il percorso individuato, che si è mostrato capace di garantire di raccogliere sia gli elementi necessari per identificare le persone che potrebbero essere efficaci nel ruolo, sia la loro adesione alla fase formativa necessaria prima del loro ingresso in aula
Gender and Affectivity Awareness in Kindergarten: An Educational Pathway for Boys, Girls and Their Teachers
Full text linkThe issue of gender identity education is at the heart of learning processes related to the equality-disparity dichotomy, positioned longitudinally between the various levels of education and generating broad debate on educational and social levels. Gender and affectivity education appears fundamental to promote positive relational interactions among young people, freed from stereotypical models that are often internalised in the cultural circles to which they belong. In the Italian educational context, there are few concrete teaching experiences on these topics, despite research showing the importance of presenting these topics from earliest childhood. This paper presents a research-action pilot project involving 40 four-year-old boys and girls and their teachers at two municipal kindergartens in north-eastern Italy. The educational pathway showed that boys and girls clearly distinguish between male and female, although the distinction does not concretely affect their choice of characteristics, attitudes, preferences and emotions. As concerns educational figures, the study revealed a significant training need, involving the teachers themselves in understanding and deconstructing gender stereotypes
Prospettive dell'affido familiare dei minori stranieri non accompagnati, dall'omo all'eteroculturale
Full text linkL’affido dei MSNA si prefigura sia come un’efficace risposta innovativa di protezione per i minori sia come un intervento di attivazione di cambiamenti culturali nella società. L’indagine realizzata, tramite l’utilizzo di interviste narrative di tipo semi-strutturato, ha inteso raccogliere l’esperienza di affido familiare, omo ed etero culturale, di MSNA realizzato nel territorio padovano. Attraverso la voce degli operatori e delle famiglie accoglienti si è inteso delineare gli aspetti virtuosi e di criticità della applicazione di questo strumento di tutela in un territorio ricco di risorse relazionali e di capacità innovativa
La visita domiciliare per gli studi di coppia per l'adozione nazionale e internazionale
No full textLa visita domiciliare all’interno dell’indagine di coppia per l’adozione è uno degli strumenti di analisi della capacità dei coniugi di accogliere e curare il futuro figlio adottivo. Durante la visita alla casa di famiglia vengono, infatti, raccolte informazioni capaci di integrare e/o spiegare quanto raccolto nei colloqui individuali e di coppia. Attraverso l’analisi narrativa delle interviste condotte alle assistenti sociali di alcune Équipe Adozioni del territorio veneto, in merito all’utilizzo della visita domiciliare in questo specifico ambito del lavoro sociale, è stato possibile rilevare gli aspetti di somiglianza, pur in assenza di specifiche linee guida, ma anche la non piena attuazione delle potenzialità di questo strumento nella lettura dei contesti
Il ruolo delle Regioni nella promozione del work-life balance: le Alleanze per la Famiglia in Veneto
No full textWork-life balance is a central question in post-modern societies characterized by diffusion of dual-earner family model, extension of life and aging process, and the increase of adults with duty of care. In Italy, there are limits in the responses to work-life balance that lead to reflect on the role that Regions can act to create spaces of thought and action for new solutions. The research presented investigates this role through the study of the Veneto program Alliances for the Family. The results, balancing the limits and the potential, show how the projects included in this framework have contributed to an activation, if not of interventions, at least of re- flections and knowledge on reconciliation, and it is hoped that the projects and initiated changes have a chance to settle and thrive
Factors affecting Decisions of the Italian Social Worker in Child Protection
No full textServices dedicated to child protection are among the most complex and difficult to manage for the Public Authorities and social workers involved.
Intervention measures for the protection of minors and support for their families are burdened by undeniable problems, due to both the obvious complexity of the issues dealt with, and lack of available resources. The social workers, in accordance with the national and regional laws in the child protection area, are endowed with a wide margin of discretion, allowing them to respond to the specific circumstances of each individual minor and family. However, this also results in a lack of clear, shared procedures for the choice of the most appropriate measures to be taken for the welfare of minors that risk to create big discrepancy and inequality between territory and territory, even when very close. The aim of the present study was to identify similarities and differences in the factors that influence these decisions on minors and their families, through comparison between professionals, using the focus group technique. The study involved 22 social workers, all working in child protection services in 3 large local councils in the North-East of Italy. The results highlight some common values but a lack of shared practices, with a marked displacement of decision making onto individuals rather than institutions, and an approach that is largely experience-based and intuitive rather than scientific and analytic
Family support as a working style in child protection in Italy: A comparative study on social workers’ child welfare attitudes.
Full text linkComparative studies on child protection decision-making highlight the implications and determinants of differences in child welfare systems internationally and reinforce discussions regarding child protection practices and family support when a child is exposed to inadequate parental care. To date, Italian child protection studies have highlighted a system characterised by a strong degree of variability related to the absence of practices shared nationally. Differently, this comparative study focuses more on similarities within the Italian context, seeking to understand how they influence practices. The opinions of 188 Italian social workers with respect to the substantiation of maltreatment, risk assessment and intervention recommendations were compared with the results of a recent study involving practitioners in Israel, Northern Ireland, Spain and the Netherlands. The main outcomes show that Italian social workers prefer a family support orientation, meaning that children are usually removed from their home only if necessary and generally with the aim of reunification with their families. The study also reveals that Italian professionals are more in favour of residential care than foster care
Time in Adolescence. Validating Zimbardo’s Stanford Time Perspective Inventory using a sample of Italian adolescents
No full textIn this study we explore the psychometric characteristics of Zimbardo’s Stanford Time Perspective Inventory, using a statistically representative sample made up of 1517 Italian adolescents, aged 15-19 years. The results show marked differences with respect to preceding studies conducted in the United States and Italy. In particular, the scale of the present forms a single dimension, losing its subdivision into two distinct dimensions, hedonistic and fatalistic. The two scales presented in the factorial analysis, present and future, show a good degree of internal consistence and discriminating validity. The results will be interpreted according to the individual differences present in the sample and to the cultural and economic changes now occurring at this specific moment in history
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