This study analyzes the concept of care within the helping relationship between social workers and service users in the context of Peruvian and Italian social services, with particular reference to university education. The research is situated within the debate regarding the transformation of the welfare state and social services since the crisis of the 1980s, a crisis that exposed the limitations of a paternalistic model that highlighted the need for social work to shift progressively toward approaches centered on autonomy, self-determination, and the promotion of active user participation. The study explores the relational dimension of the social work profession, emphasizing the central role of care as both an ethical and operational principle. Through a qualitative, interpretive approach involving semi-structured interviews with university professors and social work professionals in Lima, Peru, and Veneto, Italy, the research investigates the representations, meanings, and discursive practices associated with care, aiming to understand how it is interpreted and translated into daily professional practice.
Il presente elaborato analizza il concetto di cura nella relazione di aiuto tra assistente sociale e utente nel contesto dei servizi sociali peruviani e italiani, con particolare riferimento alla formazione universitaria. La ricerca si colloca all’interno del dibattito relativo alla trasformazione del welfare state e dei servizi sociali a partire dalla crisi degli anni Ottanta, che ha evidenziato i limiti di un modello assistenzialista e paternalista che ha evidenziato la necessità per il servizio sociale di orientarsi progressivamente verso approcci centrati sull’autonomia, sull’autodeterminazione e sulla promozione della partecipazione attiva degli persone utenti. La ricerca approfondisce la dimensione relazionale della professione dell’assistente sociale evidenziando il ruolo centrale della cura come principio etico e operativo, attraverso un approccio qualitativo e interpretativo con interviste semistrutturate rivolte a docenti universitari e a professioniste e professionisti del servizio sociale, operanti a Lima, Perù, e in Veneto, Italia, permettono di esplorare le rappresentazioni, i significati e le pratiche discorsive associate alla cura, con l’obiettivo di comprendere come essa venga interpretata e tradotta nell’agire professionale quotidiano.
La relazione di cura come asse etico del servizio sociale: significati, dilemmi e strategie nella pratica professionale
ZENOBIO, FIORELLA
2025/2026
Abstract
This study analyzes the concept of care within the helping relationship between social workers and service users in the context of Peruvian and Italian social services, with particular reference to university education. The research is situated within the debate regarding the transformation of the welfare state and social services since the crisis of the 1980s, a crisis that exposed the limitations of a paternalistic model that highlighted the need for social work to shift progressively toward approaches centered on autonomy, self-determination, and the promotion of active user participation. The study explores the relational dimension of the social work profession, emphasizing the central role of care as both an ethical and operational principle. Through a qualitative, interpretive approach involving semi-structured interviews with university professors and social work professionals in Lima, Peru, and Veneto, Italy, the research investigates the representations, meanings, and discursive practices associated with care, aiming to understand how it is interpreted and translated into daily professional practice.| File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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