PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
PhD Student in Education Studies
Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna
11/2023 – Present
Research project funded by PNRR in collaboration with the Public Administration. The project focuses on network collaboration and co-planning practices between residential programs for children and for families, and Social Services. Specifically, the decision-making processes of caseworkers in matching users with residential facilities will be analyzed. The project includes a research period within the "Servizio Risorse Minori" office, in the Municipality of Bologna.
Research Fellow
Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna
12/2022 – 08/2023
Support for the research project "Shared Family Care in Italy: an exploratory study on the organization, population, purposes, and educational models adopted."
- Development of quantitative tools for data collection;
- Meeting with the heads of the participating organizations;
- Qualitative and quantitative data analysis on the characteristics of the families hosted, the interventions implemented, and the services involved, as well as the short-term outcomes of the discharged families.
Teaching Tutor
Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna
02/2022 – 10/2023
Support for teaching activities within the innovative teaching project of the Master's Degree Program in "Design and Management of Educational Interventions for Social Disadvantage" (Rimini Campus).
- Interviews with students and coordination metting with teachers;
- Networking with local social organizations;
- Development of quantitative and qualitative tools for monitoring and evaluating teaching activities;
- Preparation of reports on project progress.
Research Fellow
Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna
06/2022 – 07/2022
Support for the research project "Residential interventions for children: strategies to reduce the gap between theory, research, and operational practice."
- Coordination of internship-thesis projects for students of the Master's Degree in "Design and Management of Educational Interventions for Social Disadvantage" for curricular internships within residential settings (children or mother-child programs, Social Services);
- Monitoring of the experiences through scheduled meetings with students and review of the qualitative and quantitative data collected by them.
Social Educator
Domus Coop Social Cooperative - Forlì (FC)
05/2018 – 02/2022
Design and management of educational and rehabilitative activities and interventions with children in an educational-psychological residential facility.
- Teamwork and networking with other professionals (psychologist, social workers, teachers, school educators);
- Conducting individual interviews with children;
- Carrying out group activities and animation;
- Drafting reports on children, protected family meetings, and Individualized Educational Plans;
- Establishing and maintaining relationships with families and institutional contacts with Services, schools, and other local entities.
Social Educator
Paolo Babini Social Cooperative - Forlì (FC)
07/2015 – 08/2016
- Support for children with disabilities at the Summer Camp;
- Teaching and managing after-school programs for students with Specific Learning Disabilities;
- Tutor for people with disabilities as part of the work placement project for disadvantaged people "Piada52"
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
Master’s Degree: Design and Management of Educational Interventions for Social Disadvantage (2019-2021)
- Final grade: 110/110L;
- Thesis on “Models and techniques of intervention in residential programs”: Care leavers and support towards autonomy: a case study.
Bachelor’s Degree: Social and Cultural Educator (2015-2018)
Scientific High School Diploma: Liceo Scientifico Fulcieri Paulucci di Calboli, Forlì (2009-2014)
