The objective of the course is to provide students with the theoretical and methodological knowledge of social service that they are connected to in a basic education in order to be able to intervene in all areas where the social worker operates. In particular, the course intends to acquire the basic aspects of the trifocal perspective in which the use of the theoretical and practical tools of the profession is placed.

At the end of the course the student has acquired an appropriate framework with regard to:
- the mandates and responsibilities of the professional;
- the relationship between theory and practice in social work;
- the design logic and the methodology of the aid process;
- the process of welcoming and taking charge.