LIBRI DI LUIGI GUI

The first report of the research on the regional social policies in Friuli Venezia Giulia is mainly focused on: a) a first definition of Social Work as existing in the Italian region above; b) a description of the three geographic levels (sub-municipal, municipal, over-municipal) chosen inside Friuli Venezia Giulia as areas where to conduct the observation on how social policy and its implementation are carry out; c) the identification of the old and new subjects involved in the definition of the social policies and the supply of services to the people in need. The organisational model of the Social Work in Friuli Venezia Giulia seems to be in an interesting and delicate stage of transition towards a new structure of the net of the services and requires new skills to the Social Workers and the other professionals involved in this process.

The Italian Social Work has covered a route of evolution on how to relate with the ones who benefit from the help interventions and the local context where they express their uneasiness. In reference to the relation engaged between people and social services, it is brought to light that, during the last fifty years, as a result of the social policy changes, also the paradigms of attribution towards the citizen, at first "client", then "user ", finally "customer" have changed. In parallel, it is here highlighted how the way of perceiving the local context has changed too, as, from time to time, the concepts of community, territory and zone were used. The proposed argument points out these different perspectives, and suggests new interpretative possibilities for the social work.