The challenges of social work in managing of the Covid-19

The discipline and profession of Social Work, concerned with the social change of individ-uals and entire communities, the solution of problematic situations, as well as the increase in the well-being of citizens, also appears to have a specific role in dealing with emergency situations (earthquakes, catastrophic events, industrial accidents, epidemics and pandem-ics). The aim of the article is to describe, starting from the results of two investigations car-ried out in Italy, the responses of social and social health services to the Corona-virus emergency, and the challenges faced by social workers. The main result is that social ser-vices have responded to pandemic by developing strategies that have enabled to deliver essential performance and to strengthen the internal cohesion of services, during a critical situation.