Titolo Per una nuova cultura dell'emergenza: ruolo e funzioni del servizio sociale in situazioni di crisi personali e collettive Periodico Autonomie locali e servizi sociali Anno: 2020 - Fascicolo: 1 - Pagina iniziale: 213 - Pagina finale: 226
The aim of this article is to highlight the specific role, functions and activities ofsocial work in the context of emergencies, proposing a synthesis of the main theoreticalconcepts useful to guide practice. In particular, this paper shows how interventionscarried out in emergency services in cases of personal crisis and socialwork practice in the context of disasters can be oriented by similar theoretical andmethodological assumptions, useful to overcome a residual approach to interventionsin case of emergency.