In Italy, the Disability Manager (DM) was introduced for the first time in 2009 with the Libro Bianco su Accessibilità e Mobilità Urbana, the result of a joint work between the Municipality of Parma and the Ministry of Labor, Health and Social Policies (MPLS). In this document, the DM was identified as an expert in disability policies of the Public Administrations. This original position was then extended, by some recent laws, to companies in which the DM represents a competent professional to support the labour market inclusion of persons with disabilities. Among these provisions, Legislative Decree 151 announced the approval of specific guidelines for the reform of the placement of persons with disabilities containing the elements useful for defining the professional profile of the DM. Seven years later these Guidelines have not yet been issued, resulting in the persistence of uncertainties in the definition of this figure (MPLS, 2017). This situation of uncertainty, however, has not prevented the world of associations of persons with disabilities and that of companies from looking at this figure. ISTAT in a 2019 study aimed at investigating the living conditions of persons with disabilities in Italy, found that in recent years experiences and practices of disability management aimed at supporting job placement have become established in the labor market of persons with disabilities. This diffusion has led to a growing training need to which Italian universities have been trying to respond for some time with the activation of paths, even very different from each other, aimed at training this professional figure (Amatori & Giorgi, 2020). A promising ferment is therefore emerging in our country (Besio & Sacchi, 2020) which, however, in the absence of the indispensable regulatory references that connote this figure, is assuming uncertain outlines, sometimes appearing as confused. A different situation is the one emerging at an international level where the DM and the elements characterizing his professional profile, including those relating to training courses, have already been the subject of research and studies and have come to clear explanations and formalizations (Zappella, 2014). It is in this framework that originate the two research questions of this work: 1) what are the elements that characterize the professional profile of the disability manager; 2) what are and what characteristics do the paths for his or her training have? After the examination of the legislation concerning the right to work of persons with disabilities, the answers to both questions were sought through a literature review and a documentary analysis of materials of different types (scientific publications, web documents, calls for training proposals) products both internationally and nationally, aimed at identifying names, definitions, professional actions, work areas, recipients, skills, and training courses of the DM. Starting from the reflection on the data found, a proposal for defining a professional profile and training path was formulated, a two-year first level master in Case & Disability Manager. The first edition of the master delivered by the University of Bergamo was the subject of an evaluation research aimed at detecting the opinions of the participants regarding some elements characterizing the training planned and delivered, its strengths and criticalities and its correspondence with the profile of the proposed DM.

Nel nostro Paese, la figura professionale del Disability Manager (DM) è stata introdotta per la prima volta nel 2009 con il Libro Bianco su Accessibilità e Mobilità Urbana, frutto di un lavoro congiunto tra Comune di Parma e Ministero del Lavoro, della Salute e delle Politiche Sociali (MPLS). All’interno di questo documento essa è stata identificata nel ruolo di un esperto delle politiche sulla disabilità all’interno delle Pubbliche Amministrazioni e le sono stati attributi compiti di vigilanza rispetto alle politiche realizzate dagli enti in materia di disabilità. Questa originaria collocazione è stata successivamente estesa, da alcuni recenti disposti normativi, alle aziende nelle quali il DM rappresenta un professionista competente per sostenere il processo di inserimento lavorativo delle persone con disabilità. Tra questi disposti, il Decreto Legislativo 151, ha annunciato l’approvazione di specifiche Linee guida di riforma del collocamento mirato contenenti gli elementi utili a definire il profilo professionale del DM. A distanza di sette anni queste Linee guida non sono state ancora emanate determinando il permanere di incertezze nella definizione di questa figura (MPLS, 2017). Questa situazione di incertezza, tuttavia, non ha impedito al mondo dell’associazionismo delle persone con disabilità e a quello delle aziende di guardare a questa figura. L’ISTAT in uno studio del 2019 volto a indagare le condizioni di vita delle persone con disabilità in Italia, ha rinvenuto come proprio in questi ultimi anni si siano affermate nel mondo del lavoro esperienze e pratiche di disability management volte a supportare l’inserimento lavorativo delle persone con disabilità. Questa diffusione ha determinato un crescente bisogno formativo al quale da tempo cercano di rispondere le Università italiane con l’attivazione di percorsi, anche molto differenti tra di loro, finalizzati a formare questa figura professionale (Amatori & Giorgi, 2020). Si sta quindi affermando nel nostro Paese un vero e proprio fermento promettente (Besio & Sacchi, 2020) che in mancanza però degli indispensabili riferimenti normativi che connotino questa figura sta assumendo contorni incerti, apparendo talvolta come confuso. Una situazione differente è quella che si è delineata a livello internazionale dove la figura del DM e gli elementi caratterizzanti il suo profilo professionale, inclusi quelli relativi ai percorsi formativi, sono già da tempo oggetto di ricerche e studi e sono giunti a chiare esplicitazioni e formalizzazioni (Zappella, 2014). È all’interno di questo quadro che originano i due interrogativi a partire dai quali si è sviluppato il presente lavoro di ricerca: quali sono gli elementi caratterizzanti il profilo professionale del disability manager quali sono e quali caratteristiche hanno i percorsi per la sua formazione? Dopo la disamina della normativa inerente al diritto al lavoro delle persone con disabilità, le risposte ad entrambe le domande sono state ricercate attraverso una revisione della letteratura e una analisi documentale di materiali di differente tipologia (pubblicazioni scientifiche, documenti web, bandi di proposte di formazione) prodotti sia a livello internazionale sia nazionale, finalizzate ad individuare denominazioni, definizioni, azioni professionali, ambiti lavorativi, destinatari, competenze e percorsi formativi del DM. A partire dalla riflessione sui dati trovati sono state formulate una proposta di definizione di profilo professionale e di percorso formativo, un master biennale di primo livello in Case&Disability Manager.

(2022). L’inclusione socio-lavorativa delle persone con disabilità. Una proposta di profilo professionale e di percorso formativo per il disability manager . Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10446/213040

L’inclusione socio-lavorativa delle persone con disabilità. Una proposta di profilo professionale e di percorso formativo per il disability manager

SACCHI, Fabio
2022-04-05

Abstract

In Italy, the Disability Manager (DM) was introduced for the first time in 2009 with the Libro Bianco su Accessibilità e Mobilità Urbana, the result of a joint work between the Municipality of Parma and the Ministry of Labor, Health and Social Policies (MPLS). In this document, the DM was identified as an expert in disability policies of the Public Administrations. This original position was then extended, by some recent laws, to companies in which the DM represents a competent professional to support the labour market inclusion of persons with disabilities. Among these provisions, Legislative Decree 151 announced the approval of specific guidelines for the reform of the placement of persons with disabilities containing the elements useful for defining the professional profile of the DM. Seven years later these Guidelines have not yet been issued, resulting in the persistence of uncertainties in the definition of this figure (MPLS, 2017). This situation of uncertainty, however, has not prevented the world of associations of persons with disabilities and that of companies from looking at this figure. ISTAT in a 2019 study aimed at investigating the living conditions of persons with disabilities in Italy, found that in recent years experiences and practices of disability management aimed at supporting job placement have become established in the labor market of persons with disabilities. This diffusion has led to a growing training need to which Italian universities have been trying to respond for some time with the activation of paths, even very different from each other, aimed at training this professional figure (Amatori & Giorgi, 2020). A promising ferment is therefore emerging in our country (Besio & Sacchi, 2020) which, however, in the absence of the indispensable regulatory references that connote this figure, is assuming uncertain outlines, sometimes appearing as confused. A different situation is the one emerging at an international level where the DM and the elements characterizing his professional profile, including those relating to training courses, have already been the subject of research and studies and have come to clear explanations and formalizations (Zappella, 2014). It is in this framework that originate the two research questions of this work: 1) what are the elements that characterize the professional profile of the disability manager; 2) what are and what characteristics do the paths for his or her training have? After the examination of the legislation concerning the right to work of persons with disabilities, the answers to both questions were sought through a literature review and a documentary analysis of materials of different types (scientific publications, web documents, calls for training proposals) products both internationally and nationally, aimed at identifying names, definitions, professional actions, work areas, recipients, skills, and training courses of the DM. Starting from the reflection on the data found, a proposal for defining a professional profile and training path was formulated, a two-year first level master in Case & Disability Manager. The first edition of the master delivered by the University of Bergamo was the subject of an evaluation research aimed at detecting the opinions of the participants regarding some elements characterizing the training planned and delivered, its strengths and criticalities and its correspondence with the profile of the proposed DM.
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