ORGANIZATION OF SOCIAL SERVICES

Single discipline educational activity

Course Sheet

Course code:

OSS

Academic Year of enrolment:

2019

Year of supply:

2020/2021

Type of Course:

Basic

Degree:

Course of 1st Cycle Degree in SOCIAL WORK

Disciplinary Sector:

GENERAL SOCIOLOGY

Language:

Italian

Location:

CHIETI

Credits:

Programme Year:

Professor and Collaborators:

DI FRANCESCO Gabriele

Cycle:

Second semester

Hours of classroom activity:

Individual study hours:

114

Prerequisites:

No prerequisites

Objectives

The course has as its primary objective to outline the organizational framework of social services, starting from the theoretical reference system, from the definitions and contents of the concepts of need and intervention. Starting from the analysis in historical perspective, we want to offer elements of knowledge about the subjects, their significant interactions within the territorial communities, the institutions, the system of integration, the opportunities, the forms and the modalities of the project approach and organizational. Among the training objectives we identify the knowledge and analysis of the overall network of personal services (social, socio-health and educational), providing an in-depth description of the current organizational structure of services in various fields (minors and family, seniors, disabled people, drug addicts, mental patients, extreme margins)

Contents

Crisis of the welfare state: the transformation of social intervention to the person. The organization of social services. The integrated system of social interventions and services. The service network: services for the elderly; services for minors, adolescents and families; services for people with disabilities; services to combat poverty and social exclusion; services with "high social-health integration". Social and work inclusion. Main institutions of assistance, social assistance and social security.

Extended Syllabus

Recommended Bibliography

For the purposes of the tests we recommend the following books:

- F. Franzoni, M. Anconelli, La rete dei servizi alla persona. Dalla normativa ai servizi alla persona, Carocci Faber, Roma, edizione 2014.
- Anna Maria Perino, I luoghi del servizio sociale, volume 1°, Aracne editrice, 2013, ISBN 978-88-548-6363-7.
- G. Di Francesco (a cura di), Il sociale organizzato, (titolo provvisorio in preparazione).
Pending publication, replace the text by G. Di Francesco with the following:
- Anna Maria Perino, I luoghi del servizio sociale, volume 2°, Aracne editrice, 2013, ISBN 978-88-548-6497-9.

* For the purposes of the exam, the teacher reserves the right to substitute, modify or supplement some of the course contents and to provide further bibliographical information also during the lessons, expanding the choice opportunities of the students.

* For any personal information, not for the purposes of the examinations, we also recommend the following texts:
- Anna Maria Perino, I luoghi del servizio sociale, volume 2°, Aracne editrice, 2013, ISBN 978-88-548-6497-9.
- Isabella Mastropasqua, Architettura delle reti sociali. Teorie, luoghi, metodi, Carocci Faber, Roma, 2ª ristampa 2008.
- Raffaello Maggian, I servizi socio-assistenziali, Standard regionali, regolamenti, esperienze, Carocci Faber, Roma, 2ª ristampa 2006.
- Fabio Folgheraiter (a cura di), Il servizio sociale postmoderno. Modelli emergenti, Erickson, Trento, 2004.
- Laura Brizzi, Fiorella Cava, L'integrazione Socio-Sanitaria, il ruolo dell'Assistente Sociale, Carocci Faber, Roma, 3ª ristampa 2009.
- Simonetta Simoni, Le culture organizzative dei servizi. La sociologia dell'organizzazione e servizi alla persona, Carocci Faber, Roma, 2ª ristampa 2010.

Methods of Provision

Conventional

Teaching Methods

Frontal lessons. Possible use of slides and / or movies. The module can be appropriately integrated with seminar and in-depth interventions, with the participation of scholars and experts.

Evaluation methods

Verification of learning:

Oral examination.

Learning will be verified through an oral examination. The score ranges from 1 to 30 with honors, according to the following: 1-17 insufficient, 18 -21 sufficent, 22-24 discrete, 25-27 good, 28-29 very good, 30-30 with excellent praise.

The examination procedures are the same for attending and non-attending students.

Rating: Final vote

The teacher reserves the right to use the verification method through written tests.

Contacts/More Information

Attendance of the lessons is highly recommended.

Università degli Studi
"G. d'Annunzio"

Chieti - Pescara

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