Managerialismo e professionalismo nei servizi di welfare. La professionalizzazione del manager sociale

Researchers agree on the key role played by professions in defining of modern Western States. But the current globalization processes and the changing of the labor market are leading a deep redefinition of the professional systems, Community-oriented. The redefinition processes of welfare services in a managerial way implies several questions concerning the use of a business approach, mainly aimed at maximizing advantages through the efficient use of available resources, in the public field of social services, oriented to promoting social well-being. The paper aims to analyze the professionalization status of the social manager in Italy, through a comparison among several classification systems of occupations (international system - ISCO08, US system – SOC, Italian system - CP2011), for observing the level of homogeneity in the current formalization of the social manager and which are the recurring jobs whose are conferred managerial tasks, at international level.