ABSTRACT
The implementation of a detailed informative system about Consiglio Territoriale di Disciplina work, together with the collection of information about proceedings and sanctions, could help social workers’ education, by enforcing both undergraduate and postgraduate ethical courses. Unlike social work methods of intervention, which were mostly imported directly from the Anglo-Saxon tradition – namely, casework, group work, and community work – Italian social work ethics were built around the Italian specific context, with its peculiar set of principles and values. The strong connection between the values of social work and the Italian Constitution provides a quite good evidence of this specificity. The title of social worker has become legally protected by a national access test open only to graduates, required membership to work as a social worker, and specific duties for members. The economic crisis, data protection, migration flows with integration, and multicultural society are other areas that challenge social work and its ethical awareness.
