Social work developed in Italy immediately after the Second World War with an orientation towards values of democracy and solidarity and seeking to address the material and moral damage that civil society was facing. At the Tremezzo convention, which can be regarded as the founding moment of Italian social work (servizio sociale), the political foundations of social assistance were explicitly recognised (Dellavalle, 2008). Indeed, an animated debate ensued on the different interpretations proposed by representatives of the two principal tendencies present: one Catholic oriented and the other lay oriented. An historical analysis of the professional commitment of some of the first social workers reveals an interesting correlation between their involvement in the anti-fascist movement and an awareness that work in social assistance should be based on knowledge of the social causes underlying social problems
Campanini, A., Facchini, C. (2013). Social workers affecting social policy in Italy. In J. Gal, I. Weiss (a cura di), Social Works Affecting Social Policy: An International Perspective on Policy Practice (pp. 79-99). Bristol : Policy Press.
Social workers affecting social policy in Italy
Campanini, A;Facchini, C
2013
Abstract
Social work developed in Italy immediately after the Second World War with an orientation towards values of democracy and solidarity and seeking to address the material and moral damage that civil society was facing. At the Tremezzo convention, which can be regarded as the founding moment of Italian social work (servizio sociale), the political foundations of social assistance were explicitly recognised (Dellavalle, 2008). Indeed, an animated debate ensued on the different interpretations proposed by representatives of the two principal tendencies present: one Catholic oriented and the other lay oriented. An historical analysis of the professional commitment of some of the first social workers reveals an interesting correlation between their involvement in the anti-fascist movement and an awareness that work in social assistance should be based on knowledge of the social causes underlying social problems
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