The course intends to provide students with the basic theoretical knowledge of the Italian administrative law on the organization and the activity of the public administration, its operation, the contractual activity on the social welfare and socio-educational services and the working relationship. Particular attention will be given to the regional and local administration, recipients today of the main administrative functions in the social field. It deals with essential matters for the carrying out of the profession that will have, as prevailing interlocutor, directly or indirectly, the relationship with the Public Administration, whose knowledge appears therefore fundamental.