PRINCIPLES AND FUNDAMENTALS OF THE SOCIAL SERVICE

Single discipline educational activity

Course Sheet

Academic Year of enrolment:

2020/2021

Type of Course:

Characterising

Optional/Mandatory:

Compulsory

Degree:

Bachelor's Degree Programme in SOCIAL WORK

Disciplinary Sector:

GENERAL SOCIOLOGY

Language:

Italian

Credits:

Programme Year:

Professor and Collaborators:

PITTAU Luisa Angela

Obligatory attendance:

Yes

Minimum hours of attendance:

Hours of classroom activity:

Prerequisites:

EXPECTED SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE
ability to read and understand the specificity and multidimensionality of social work in the current context, within the framework of the social and socio-health professions
• ability to analyze and critical reading of the social worker’s mandate and connection with the principles, values and ethical dimension of the interventions
• ability to understand the function of theoretical models and the circularity of theory / practice / theory

AF code:

40002258

Assessment Methods

Verification of learning:

METHOD AND DESCRIPTION OF THE VERIFICATION
The verification, aimed at ascertaining the level of knowledge about the contents of the program and the level of skills achieved by the student, will consist of an oral interview lasting 15/20 minutes preceded by the voluntary presentation of a written report (on a predefined format by the teacher) on the film “WHAT WILL PEOPLE SAY” by Iram Haq. For students who do not present the written report, a greater in-depth study of the contents of the program is foreseen, during the oral interview which will therefore have a longer duration: about 25/30 minutes.
The written report must be sent in pdf format at least 5 days before the date set for the examination to the email address: luisa.pittau@gmail.com.

Teaching period

First semester

Objectives

AIM OF THE COURSE
The course aims to provide students with the knowledge of the constitutive elements of the Social Service as a discipline as well as the fundamental theoretical and ethical principles for framing the professional figure of the social worker. Through historical exploration, the various stages of the birth, development and consolidation of the profession will be retraced within the most relevant processes of social transformation. The learning of value principles in an evolutionary dimension will drive the critical understanding of the nature, origins and development of the profession, contextualized within the welfare system in a trifocal perspective, centered simultaneously on institutional, social and professional mandates.

Contents

COURSE PROGRAM
The topics covered will be articulated around three main themes which represent three training modules:
A. Module 1 - The social worker.
a. Historical evolution and reflection about the definition of the professional figure of the social worker
b. Values, operational principles, attitudes
c. Universality of values and cultural differences
d. Ethics, scientific theories and professional ethics - Code of ethics for social workers
e. Ethical dilemmas: conflict between ethical - professional mandate and institutional mandate.

B. Module 2 - Social work as a profession
a. Social work: defining elements and characterizing aspects
b. Functions and tasks of the social service
c. Social policies, welfare state and reference models
d. Needs and services
e. The helping relationship

C. Module 3 - Social work as a scientific discipline
a. Reference theories - the theoretical basis of social work
b. Theoretical-operational models

Recommended Bibliography

BIBLIOGRAPHY - EXAMINATION TEXTS
M. Diomede Canevini, Elisabetta Neve “Etica e deontologia del servizio sociale”, (Carocci, Roma 2018) - Reading and study of chapters 1,2,3,4,5,6,7; Reading of chapter 8 with insights into the text of the latest code of ethics (2020) of the social worker; thoughtful reading of chapter 10 with reference to the latest code of ethics for Social Workers; reading chapters 9 and 11.
Codice deontologico (2020), downloadable from the website www.cnoas.it
A.M. Campanini (directed by) Nuovo dizionario di Servizio Sociale, Ed.Carocci, Roma, 2013 text from which to consult in particular the following items: social worker, self-determination, autonomy, need, social rights, ethics, social justice, social inclusion, method, social service methodology, social service models, professional order of social workers, international associations, Italian associations, help relationship, social secretariat, professional secret, social services, user/client, values, welfare state

SUPPLIED MATERIAL
Lecture notes by the teacher, slides.
Any other indications will be given during the course.

Methods of Provision

Conventional

Teaching Methods

TEACHING METHODS AND DURATION OF THE COURSE
• Online lessons on the platform Microsoft Teams for a total of 26 hours to be carried out by:
• 10 lessons lasting 2/h each for 2 times a week;
• 2 lessons lasting 3/h each for 2 times in a week;

Contacts/More Information

DIDACTIC SUPPORT ACTIVITIES
• 2 themed days in laboratory form lasting 2/h each, on-line on the platform Microsoft Teams to integrate and complete the lessons.
The viewing of the movie "WHAT WILL PEOPLE SAY" by Iram Haq will be proposed
Activities: After the individualized vision of the movie, students will be guided, with the aid of an observation sheet, to analyze the movie with reference to the topics covered in the course. At the end a scheme will be presented and i twill act as a guide for the elaboration of a report on the movie and its contents to be presented during the exam.

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