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Faculty of: Political And Social Sciences

Social work and service coordination for immigration, poverty and lack of self-sufficiency

Brescia

Academic Year 2023/2024

Duration 2 years

Language Italian

Degree Classes LM-87 (Social services and policies)


There are many areas in which graduates of thedegree programme can be employed, with specific skills that can be used in relation to three main profiles:

  • the specialist social worker who, after passing the State Exam, can be admitted to section A of the Professional Register of social workers;
  • the social worker who encourages and guides aid processes, as well as carrying out planning functions at the level of casework, groupwork and community work;
  • the team co-ordinator, manager or service manager who assumes management and middle-management functions and leads welfare organisations.

In the detail of services and projects consistent with the occupational outlets of this programme there are several public and private organisations, including:

  • in social and socio-welfare work with the elderly: hospital social services, hospices and end-of-life care facilities; home care services, day centres and socio-welfare residences, services of local municipal authorities and A.T.S. (local healthcare structures);
  • in intercultural work with people from ethnic minorities: S.A.I. (System of Assistance and Integration) with refugees and asylum seekers, reception centres and residential facilities for adults and minors, O.I.M. (International Organization for Migration), Services of local municipalities and A.T.S. (local healthcare structures), educational and socio-assistance services working with people with migration back- grounds, projects for inclusion and family reunification;
  • in working with people in poverty: Services of local municipalities and local authority agencies, shelters for the homeless, day and residential centres for adults and families in severe marginalisation, projects to combat poverty and educational poverty.