The degree course is aimed at training the social worker as a professional figure capable of working with competence and responsibility in the social services of the state, local authorities, the third sector, and public and private organisations. It aims to provide students with the cultural and scientific methods and contents required by the professional area of social service.

The course provides for curricular professional training activities and organises seminar cycles aimed at enriching the student's education.

The social worker is a professional figure capable of working with competence and responsibility within the social services of the state, local authorities, the third sector, and public and private organisations.

The course provides the cultural and scientific methods and contents required to work in the social area. In particular, it aims to provide the necessary skills to

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• prevent and resolve problematic situations and distress of individuals, groups and communities in the context of the organised system of social resources
• promote and coordinate new resources, including those of volunteers, in order to plan and implement integrated interventions between various spheres
• perform tasks of management, organisation and planning of social services and contribute to the dissemination and management of information on services, on users' rights, on the accompaniment of individuals in difficulty

The didactic organisation provides for the integration of the different disciplines dealing with problematic situations and social distress: sociological, ethical-philosophical, legal-economic, psychological and medical. In addition, from the first year of the course, it combines theoretical moments with an intense internship activity.

Lectures are held in the classrooms of the University building, via Balbi 5, and at the didactic pole of the former Albergo dei Poveri, Piazzale Emanuele Brignole 2, Genoa.

Department of Law
Via Balbi 5
16126 Genoa