Competenze per la vita, competenze per la carriera, competenze per l'inclusione

Ileana Caruso; Mariangela Messina

doi:10.31637/epsir-2025-1721

Authors

Ileana Caruso University of Catania
Mariangela Messina University of Catania

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31637/epsir-2025-1721

Keywords:

disability, inclusion, Work, ICF, soft skills, diversity management, networking, environment

Abstract

Introduction: The perspective of the 2030 Agenda, in the complex panorama of diversity, has imposed a review of intervention policies towards people with disabilities, for the development of projects, activities and methodologies aimed at their valorization and professional realization. Methodology: The methodology used is action research, understood as a social process that allows the promotion of best practices, combining the theoretical dimension of the biopsychosocial model and the more operational part applied to targeted job placement mechanisms. Results: The conclusions confirm the importance of codified and shared languages in structuring interventions that reduce the gap between the ability and performance of the person with disabilities, within a specific working context. Discussions: a reflection was started on the real perception of the impact of environmental factors in relation to the "Activity and Participation" component of the ICF, declined in the area of transversal skills to highlight facilitators and barriers on which company Diversity Managers can intervene to encourage paths of inclusion in working contexts. Conclusions: The ICF supports targeted interventions which, starting from a detailed analysis of contexts, reduce the disadvantage of people with disabilities caused by the lack of resources, opportunities or adaptations of the environment.

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Author Biographies

Ileana Caruso, University of Catania

Trainer and PhD in Human Sciences at the University of Catania, she has carried out research in the areas of General Sociology and Sociology of Cultural and Communicative Processes, directing her studies to the biopsychosocial model and social policies. Specializing in business organization and human resource management, she has focused her postgraduate training on the application of the ICF Classification and tools derived from it to employment policies for people with disabilities, Diversity Management, equal opportunities in gender differences, and the condition of foreign prisoners. He currently works at CInAP of the University of Catania, also lecturing on issues related to the ICF, Targeted Placement and disabilities.

Mariangela Messina, University of Catania

A graduate in Planning and Management of Social Policies and Services, she holds a second-level university master's degree in Evaluation of Territorial Development Interventions and specializes in the application of ICF for the design of Diversity Inclusion paths and the activation of Social Responsibility processes. In this field, she has gained significant professional experience in the coordination and evaluation of projects and personal services, also working in the INPS Medical Verification Commission of Enna for the assessment of disability (Law No. 104/1992). She currently works at CInAP, where she carries out social consultancy on sector regulations, coordination and evaluation of dedicated services, training and scientific research on issues related to disabilities and DSA.

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