Title: Development of Entrepreneurial Skills of Women in the Field of Social Services
1Development of Entrepreneurial Skills of
Womenin the Field of Social Services
- - Social Services Sector -
- Challenges and
- the experience of Italy
- Province of Torino contribute
2THE 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.
3THE 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)
4TYPES 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.
5TYPES 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
6PROVIDERS OF WELFARE SERVICES
- Council Welfare Services
- Community Co-operatives
- Volunteer Work
- IPAB and ex-IPAP
- Foundations
7PROVIDERS 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).
8PROVIDERS 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.
9PROVIDERS 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
10PROVIDERS 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.
11PROVIDERS 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.
12PLANNING 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
13THE 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 .
14THE 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.
15THE 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.
16THE 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."