OVERVIEW

The field placement consists of a guided learning experience in the field, in real settings, aimed at acquiring and testing the skills of the specialist social worker.

Teacher supervision represents a specific tool of the social service field placement, as an accompaniment to the reflexivity and reworking of the experience.

The field placement supervision classes are aimed at providing the pre-knowledge necessary to field placement, in order to understand both the transformations taking place at the institutional and organizational level, and the functions and role exercised by the professional.

AIMS AND CONTENT

LEARNING OUTCOMES

The objectives refer to the acquisition of social service management methodologies

AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES

Attendance at introductory classes and field placement experience in a real-world setting for 250 hours will enable the student to:

- acquire skills in decoding complex needs of individuals, families, groups and the local area;

- acquire skills related to directing and/or coordinating services;

- know how to manage and organize resources in both public and private social settings;

- possess skills in design, planning, organization and managerial management in the field of policies, social and socio-health services, public and private social sector; analysis and quality evaluation of services, and services carried out.

TEACHING METHODS

Theoretical contributions and experiences of the departments will be presented during the lectures, making use of the collaboration of experienced professionals; classroom exercises will also be conducted.

Active involvement of students will be required in simulations aimed at experiencing situations typical of the MA's field placement (management of meetings and negotiations with technical, administrative, political referents).

The field placement courses will be monitored by the lecturer through periodic contacts and possible meetings with students and supervisors.

A practice-theory-practice circularity is sought in the teaching approach through reflective discussion of professional practices.

SYLLABUS/CONTENT

PART ONE: THE LESSONS

The field placement supervision classes will cover the following topics:

- Presentation of how field placements are initiated, monitored, evaluated.

- The field placement course: training project, field placement plan, conduct of activities, final report.

- Educational supervision.

- Learning professional skills through practice/theory/practice circularity.

- Pathways toward reflective social work.

- The functions of the specialist social worker in different roles, through training contributions offered directly by professionals working in head positions in social and social-health services.

- Ongoing transformations in the system of social policies and services from regulatory, institutional and organizational perspectives.

PART TWO: THE FIELD PLACEMENT

The location of the field placement will be agreed upon between student and lecturer, identified from among contracted institutions where professional social service is present with functions of planning, management and evaluation of services.

The activities of observation, study and direct experimentation in the field must fall within the following areas: planning in social services, according to the methodological articulation in phases; the functions of management, coordination, programming and evaluation in social services; social and social service research; implementation and evaluation of professional practices, with particular attention to highly complex interventions that require interdisciplinary and interinstitutional integration skills.

RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY

Textbooks and possible reading materials for attending students

Knowledge of the Codice Deontologico (C.N.O.A.S., Roma, 2020) and the Global Definition of Social Work (I.F.S.W., Melbourne, 2014) is required.

Recommended readings:

Dellavalle M., Il tirocinio nella formazione al servizio sociale. Un modello di apprendimento dall'esperienza, Carocci, Roma, 2011

Leone L., Prezza M., Costruire e valutare i progetti nel sociale, FrancoAngeli, Milano, 1999

Sicora A., Errore e apprendimento nelle professioni di aiuto, Maggioli, Sant'Arcangelo di Romagna, 2010

Sicora A., Emozioni nel servizio sociale. Strumenti per riflettere e agire, Carocci, Roma, 2021

Other materials will be quoted during the lectures and posted on aulaweb.

Textbooks and possible reading materials for non-attending students.

Attendance at introductory lectures and field placement activities is mandatory.  

TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD

Exam Board

MARIO MARINI (President)

MARIA LAURA ANNALORO

ROMINA CIACCIA (Substitute)

LESSONS

LESSONS START

I semester from September 14th to December 4th 2020
II semester from February 15th to May 7th 2021

Class schedule

PROFESSIONAL PLACEMENT

EXAMS

EXAM DESCRIPTION

A field placement report is required, to be sent to the lecturer no later than 60 days after the conclusion of the field placement and at least 20 days before the date of the exam.

The examinwill be an oral .

ASSESSMENT METHODS

The oral exam will focus on the reworking of the field placement training and discussion of the contents of the report, supplemented by the evaluation given by the supervisor, which is an essential element for the approval of the field placement.

Students who have valid certification of disability or Specific Learning Desorders (DSA) on file with the University may request the use of compensatory measures during the exams (e.g. additional time, concept maps, modifications in the written/oral mode), following the guidelines (p. 5) published here. In any case, for further information, please contact the Department's disability liaison: Isa.Fanlo@unige.it