Assignment 3 invidual product Blogspot for section Internationalisering

Assignment 3 Individual Product Blogspot for section Internationalisering


Allesandro is an social worker from Italy who I had an interview with.
He is not a social worker at academic level as well he is not a researcher. He is working at a public sector. Alessandro and I had an discussion about the differences in our countries. .

Currently, for those who concern the social work formation, in Italy there is a first level degree (bachelor?, triennal) and a second level degree (postgraduate, recently defined as "magisterial", biennal). Those who possess a first level degree in social work “or other similar degrees, can enroll in postgraduate courses in social work." In 2006 38 Universities offered the first level degree and 34 universities offered the second level; only two faculties allowed "the prosecution of studies through research doctorates in social work" .For those who concern the social work profession, only a graduate in social work that take the state exam and, consequently, enroll in the INASW (Italian National Association of Social Worker), can practice the profession of social worker and can carry out professional activities in public and private facilities that provide services to individuals, in social and human services and organizations of the third sector. Depending from the graduation level, exist two kind of access to the INASW:

• by the “A” section of the register of social workers, taking the related state exam for those who gained the second level degree;
• by the “B” section of the register of social workers, taking the related state exam for those who gaine the First level degree .

The social worker in Italy isn’t the only social profession; as well as social worker we know: the professional educator (educatore professionale), the social sanitary worker (operatore socio sanitario), and the family care (assistente familiare). They all, works together, depending from the individual support plan on behalf of the client. The social worker, generally, is the “director” of other social profession.

First level degree social workers, are currently employed in a quite large variety of fields: from the public sector (social services of municipalities, public health services, services for jailed people, ...) Ito the private sector (for example motor company as FIAT group) or third sector (as cooperatives, Foundations, religious institutes,).In Italy, employment could follow the way of the public exam or the private evaluation,

Depending from the sector of employment. So, pass the state exam and have been registered in a professional register is the key to become a professional SW. Remain the possibility to have been registered in the “A” or “B” section of the register, depending from the degree level of each SW. Synthetically, the difference between those social workers admitted to the “A” or “B” section is that the first one “operate in facilities for human services with roles that imply a high level of responsibility and autonomy". In practice, the second level degree course and the related admission to the “A” register of social workers, may give the opportunity to accede at management/coordination role in social service.

In Holland we have both exams in order to get one degree. Social work in Italy seems to be defined in two ways: or full theoretic studies or full practical studies why can’t they have both? Holland workers should stand up for the social work; we also have to show the community that we also have a very important task to do.
Acknowledge for the profession is very important in the field. The advantage that we Dutch people have is that we do not have to take an exam twice in order to have both (theory and practical information) In Holland we get both in all our years of high school study. Also we can get to work with all the instruments we are given to at the time of our study.

The normative aspect that plays in Italy is An elementary distinction could be based on the fact that in Italy the first provide services for social problems (frail people and families) and the second provide care for illness are already realized. Problems for the profession.

• perceptions of professional identity;
• development of knowledge, theoretical assumptions and research;
The similarities that exist between those countries is, that the social disciplines works together. The varieties of social work in Italy. All the workers with an social prefession works together in Italy, depending from the individual support plan on behalf of the client. In Holland we also work together with different disciplines on behalf of the client.