This year, from August 14–18, I joined the X edition of the Ecadoc summer school for PhD students: “European doctoral program in carrier guidance and counselling”.
When they turn 18 (or 21 at the latest), young people who have grown up under public care suddenly become adults and care for themselves.
While their peers choose to live at home longer and longer, these young people are expected to quickly be fully autonomous and find a home and a job, in most cases without finishing secondary school in most cases.
There are six different names for the professions that are involved in education in Italy. Actually, there are many more than six types of social educators in Italy, because, in addition to the national laws in the Italian institutional system, there are 21 regions / autonomous provinces which govern themselves. Thus, here we are referring only to social educators in national legislation.
Established by the Italian government in 2019, Reddito di Cittadinanza (RdC) is a program designed to provide economic support for people living in poverty and facilitate reintegration into self-sustainability, steady employment and social inclusion.
