Development of Entrepreneurial Skills of Women in the Field of Social Services

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Development of Entrepreneurial Skills of
Womenin the Field of Social Services

• - Social Services Sector -
• Challenges and
• the experience of Italy
• Province of Torino contribute

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THE LEGISLATIVE FRAMEWORK AND DIVISION OF
COMPETENCES

• Health and welfare services in Italy were
  reformed by Framework Law no. 328/2000, which
• ? delegated decisional autonomy to Local bodies
• ? introduced a pluralism of players for social
  development policies
• ? greatly weakened the stifling role of central
  state planning.

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THE LEGISLATIVE FRAMEWORK AND DIVISION OF
COMPETENCES

• Framework Law no. 328/2000 also encourages public
  entities to
• ? promote initiatives designed to support and
  raise the standards of Third Sector providers
• ? make use of competitive and negotiational forms
  (calls for tender, accreditation agreements)
• ? develop participatory planning methods, which
  are required to promote the involvement of all
  players concerned (public and private-sector
  bodies, welfare groups, associations and
  industrial groups)

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TYPES OF WELFARE SERVICES

• ? Welfare services feature a conglomeration of
  public and private-sector services, closely tied
  to the health-care system for this reason, it is
  more correct to talk about the health and welfare
  sector
• ? The health and welfare services sector has
  witnessed the steadily growing presence of
  private organisations, otherwise known as private
  welfare or the Third Sector.

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TYPES OF WELFARE SERVICES

• economic assistance
• home care assistance
• family placement
• local welfare-education assistance
• placement in day care centres
• placement in nursing homes
• activities in the legal sphere concerning minors
  and disqualified persons
• activities for the protection of motherhood,
  children and adolescents
• activities for the social and employment
  integration of the disabled
• social activities for the elderly

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PROVIDERS OF WELFARE SERVICES

• Council Welfare Services
• Community Co-operatives
• Volunteer Work
• IPAB and ex-IPAP
• Foundations

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PROVIDERS OF WELFARE SERVICES

• Council Welfare Services
• The Public Professional Welfare Service,
  organised by district
• provides both home-care services and services
  through its local offices
• assesses the needs of community-members
• draws up individual action plans (involving a
  particular service or mix of services).

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PROVIDERS OF WELFARE SERVICES

• Community Co-operatives
• Community co-operatives are co-operative
  societies based on a mutualist principle, which
  aim to promote the social and employment
  integration of citizens belonging to so-called
  disadvantaged groups (ex-prisoners, the disabled,
  teenage mothers, etc.).
• Two types of community co-operative exist
• Type A co-operatives provide health, welfare and
  education services
• Type B co-operatives carry out agricultural,
  industrial, commercial or service activities
  aimed at promoting the employment of
  disadvantaged people.

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PROVIDERS OF WELFARE SERVICES

• Volunteer Work
• Volunteer Associations are recognised under
  Regional law and must be registered with the
  Regional Register of Volunteer Associations.
• Volunteer Associations are organisations whose
  purpose may concern a wide variety of fields
  (environment, welfare, culture, etc.) and which
  are made up of volunteer members who freely
  provide their services and assistance to the
  user-base, free of charge

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PROVIDERS OF WELFARE SERVICES

• IPAB and ex-IPAB
• IPABs are public entities which traditionally
  provide assistance services to persons in need,
  through their widespread presence across the
  local territory and thanks to the substantial
  funds provided by benefactors.
• Many of these entities have attained legal
  recognition as private organisations and as such,
  provide welfare and assistance services under
  private-sector management models, whilst
  maintaining their original scope and purpose.

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PROVIDERS OF WELFARE SERVICES

• Foundations
• Foundations are non profit-making organisations
  with their own assets, and are generally involved
  in various sectors, including welfare, education,
  scientific research, awards and prizes,
  vocational training, etc.

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PLANNING INSTRUMENTS

• ? The Three-Year National Welfare Services Plan
  (Presidential Decree of 3/5/01)
• ? The Three -Year Welfare Services Plan for the
  City of Turin

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THE 2003-2006 WELFARE SERVICES PLAN FOR THE CITY
OF TURIN

• Methodology Concerted Planning
• ? It set objectives and priorities, implementing
  the principle of horizontal subsidiarity
• ? It seeks to integrate services at two levels
  between public and private-sector entities, and
  between the health-care and welfare sectors
• ? It stresses the importance of creating a
  single gateway to the system of services .

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THE 2003-2006 WELFARE SERVICES PLAN FOR THE CITY
OF TURIN

• Participatory planning is achieved through the
  establishment of
• ? Thematic Talks
• Focused on specific target groups and issues,
• constitute the concrete foundation of planning
• ? Open Talks
• Local Area Plans identify priorities, services
  which require the joint intervention of the
  health-care system and the welfare network, and
  management and action methods.

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THE 2003-2006 WELFARE SERVICES PLAN FOR THE CITY
OF TURIN

• Critical factors
• the phenomenon of the ageing population which is
  more pressing than in other areas of the region
• the increase in chronic illnesses which
  inevitably go hand-in-hand with old age, and
  which result in growing demand for long-term
  assistance
• a significant and constant growth in demand from
  people living with serious permanent
  disabilities
• family size and relationships, which reveal the
  widespread presence of people living alone.

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THE 2003-2006 WELFARE SERVICES PLAN FOR THE CITY
OF TURIN

• Strategies
• Identification of a multi-dimensional and highly
  flexible service models, to avoid the
  inappropriate use of structures and services
• Strengthening of the network of residential and
  semi-residential resources be strengthened
• Interconnection of the health-care and welfare
  systems
• Introduction of the Register of Health and
  Welfare Service Providers, divided into two
  sections one for services targeting the elderly,
  one for services targeting the disabled
• Study of Essential Assistance Levels, or "EALs."