Unit Social Work Methods and Techniques I
- Course
- Social work
- Study-unit Code
- GP003607
- Curriculum
- In all curricula
- Teacher
- Lorenzo Bruni
- Teachers
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- Lorenzo Bruni
- Hours
- 63 ore - Lorenzo Bruni
- CFU
- 9
- Course Regulation
- Coorte 2021
- Offered
- 2021/22
- Learning activities
- Base
- Area
- Discipline sociologiche
- Academic discipline
- SPS/07
- Type of study-unit
- Obbligatorio (Required)
- Type of learning activities
- Attività formativa monodisciplinare
- Language of instruction
- Italian
- Contents
- The course program is organized into four parts: epistemological assumptions and theoretical challenges of social work; theoretical-operational models of social work; the emotional dimension in social work; the Code of Ethics for social workers.
- Reference texts
- Essential bibliography:
Attending students:
• Gui L., 2014, Le sfide teoriche del servizio sociale. I fondamenti scientifici di una disciplina, Carocci, Roma.
• Lerma M., 1992, Metodo e tecniche del processo di aiuto, Casa Editrice Astrolabio, Roma (capp. 1-2-3-4-5).
• Cerulo M., 2018, Sociologia delle emozioni, il Mulino (cap. II, par. 2; cap. IV, par. 1, 2; cap. V, cap. VII).
• Ordine Nazionale Assistenti Sociali, 2009, Codice deontologico dell'assistente sociale (scaricabile on-line dal sito www.cnoas.it)
For non attending students:
• Gui L., 2014, Le sfide teoriche del servizio sociale. I fondamenti scientifici di una disciplina, Carocci, Roma.
• Lerma M., 1992, Metodo e tecniche del processo di aiuto, Casa Editrice Astrolabio, Roma (the book must be studied in its entirety).
• Cerulo M., 2018, Sociologia delle emozioni, il Mulino, Bologna (cap. I, cap. II, par. 2; cap. IV, par. 1, 2; cap. V, cap. VII).
• Ordine Nazionale Assistenti Sociali, 2009, Codice deontologico dell'assistente sociale (scaricabile on-line dal sito www.cnoas.it) - Educational objectives
- To provide students with the knowledge of the historical evolution of the profession of social worker and of the discipline of social service, with reference to the relevant historical and cultural contexts. Fundamental is the knowledge of the methodological procedure of social service in its phases, in relation to the theoretical-operational model chosen as reference. To understand the epistemological foundations, principles and values of the social work profession, as well as the code of ethics.
- Prerequisites
- It is preferable that the student has a humanistic-psychological background.
- Teaching methods
- Lectures. Seminar activities on specific topics with the possibility of involving experts.
Exercises through group work. - Learning verification modality
- Oral examination with an interview lasting a maximum of thirty minutes.
At the end of the course, the teacher offers the option of a written test.
The written examination consists of multiple-choice questions and open questions on the content of the programme. - Extended program
- art 1 The theoretical challenges of social work
- The theoretical foundations of social work and interdisciplinary contributions
- Elements of social work history in Europe
- Towards a reflexive social service
Part 2 Theoretical and operational models of social work
- Social work: a reality in movement
- Evolution and debate of social service theory
- The systemic-relational approach and social service
-Analysis and evaluation of the help interview
Part 3 The emotional dimension in social work
- Friendship, gratitude, sympathy, love, empathy
- Emotional labour and emotional labour in social work
- Emotional man, organisations and social work
Part 4 The code of ethics of the social worker
- ethical and value dimension of the social work profession
- the Code of Ethics in its essential contents
- the legal and ethical responsibilities of the social worker