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Sosiaalinen kansalaisuus kehittyvässä yhteiskunnassa : T. H. Marshallin sosiaalisia oikeuksia korostava kansalaisuuskäsitys hyvinvointivaltiota koske…
2016
Podstawowe zagadnienia polskiej pedagogiki społecznej u progu procesu dyscyplinaryzacji
2018
Utilizing ICT to prevent loneliness and social isolation of the elderly. A literature review
2016
Ageing of the population is a worldwide phenomenon. Numerous ICT-based solutions have been developed for elderly care but mainly connected to the physiological and nursing aspects in services for the elderly. Social work is a profession that should pay attention to the comprehensive wellbeing and social needs of the elderly. Many people experience loneliness and depression in their old age, either as a result of living alone or due to a lack of close family ties and reduced connections with their culture of origin, which results in an inability to participate actively in community activities (Singh & Misra, 2009). Participation in society would enhance the quality of life. With the deve…
A broadening horizon: intervention in the field of migration as a path towards internationalization for Italian social work
2022
Due to a significant increase in migration flows to Italy over the last four decades, professional social work in Italy has been confronted with the ‘internationalization of social problems’ (Dominelli 2010) over these forty years. This fast and prolific process of immigration has forced institutions to deal with issues for which our society, policies, and service system, have not been properly prepared. This highlights the need to provide updated training to social workers regarding the ‘trans‐cultural approach’, to facilitate understanding of the meanings and the cultural models and the processes of care and assistance. Despite a substantial and well‐established commitment in the area of …
Social Work and Welfare System in Italy: changes, critical issues, resiliencies
2019
The emergence and growth of the professional figure of the social worker in Italy dates back to the 20th century, when the concept of social assistance witnessed a more concrete legislative application, through the affirmation of the Social State, the type of State that aims to guarantee not only equality and freedom to its citizens, but also, what is known as, “social well-being”: “the profession of social worker, being the progeny of industrial society, assumes the form of the functional specialization of modern social-welfare activity” (Gui 2004: 3). Since the early years of the last century, the social worker (or “social assistant” as it has been the term given in Italy to the social wo…
Il servizio sociale nell'emergenza. Esperienze e prospettive dall'Abruzzo all'Emilia
2012
In the emergency situations occurred up to today, both at national and international level, very different professionals cooperate: some of these are now perfectly stored in the collective imaginary (doctors, firefighters, logistics experts, law enforcement, etc..), while others (community leaders, educators or social workers) have not yet been fully integrated into the network of the protagonists of the emergency. This mean that social workers - on several occasions and in a more or less structured and recognized ways - have been shown to possess extraordinary skills in this field; experience on the ground, in fact, shows how their contribution can be relevant and constructive already in t…
“Without social there is no health”: Social work perspectives in multidisciplinary healthcare
2022
The pandemic has not just affected the health sphere: strong social effects of the emergency have added to the health risk, stressing on social relations and the deterioration of people's living conditions, and making those who are already fragile more fragile. Notwithstanding, during the emergency following the COVID-19 pandemic the attention was focused, indeed understandably, on the health aspects, widening the already existing misalignment between the health interventions and the social ones. Emergency oriented efforts and resources more toward a clinical care approach (cure) than toward support for the social and the inclusion aspects (care). Reflecting on the specific area of health c…
Social Work with Refugees and Migrants in Italy
2021
Social Work in Italy has been tackling the internal migration phenomenon since the post-WW II period, when more than 1,300,000 Italian citizens from poor southern regions, where employment was scarce, moved to the center and to the industrialized north of Italy (Simone 2016). Since then, and as early as the late 1980s, social workers have had to deal with flows of migrants and refugees from other countries. Faced with the growing commitment of Social Work to the field of migration, the professional community has been called to reassess both the training of social workers and the updating of methodology and functions, especially with regard to the adaptation of professional work and ser- vic…
Creatividad en Trabajo Social: el estímulo que necesitamos
2012
La creatividad se inserta en la vida diaria de los seres humanos, está presente en la toma de decisiones y en muchas de las cuestiones que plantea el día a día. Y el Trabajo Social no escapa a ello. Todos, en mayor o menor medida, tenemos algo de creativos, porque la creatividad, como un hijo, se cría, se educa, se orienta y finalmente alcanza la madurez. Mediante este artículo, es mi deseo poder transmitir a los trabajadores sociales la necesidad de introducir la creatividad en nuestra práctica diaria, como herramienta potente que dé un nuevo aire a nuestra profesión. La creatividad nos permite poner en marcha nuevos métodos, combatir el síndrome de quemado. Nos ayuda a crear espacios abie…
Ochrana prav osób so zdravotnym postihnutim ako uloha socialnej prace - predpoklady a realita
2014
In ancient times, the sick and the disabled were denied rights due to man (often they were eliminated from the population, what are the Sparta and ancient Rome). Gradually, as the wider development of societies (including the idea of the humanities), also people with disabilities were given rights belonging to every human being. Today, they - like all people - have the rights guaranteed by law and socially. However, the contemporary reality too often exposes their sole declarativeness, which makes the issue of the protection of human rights (here the person with a disability) is one of the most important tasks of social services acting on behalf of people with disabilities. This implies cha…