154 - A New pilot welfare model in the Third Sector

Objectives:
Within the Third Sector, an important role, both in terms of turnover and resources used, is held by social enterprises, which adopt an entrepreneurial model that goes beyond the welfare intervention, typical of Italian healthcare, and that of maximizing the profit of profit-making businesses. From the observation and daily stories of families with disabilities, comes the desire to support a process of change with a view to retraining the person based on value, which implies the strengthening of actions and organizational processes aimed at accompanying families to autonomy and not the mere meaning of welfare, in harmony with the healthcare system and civil society.

Design: The project arises from the establishment of a Participation Foundation which holds the strategic management of two social enterprises A and B with operational autonomy which respectively carry out free rehabilitation activities and productive activities of social utility in support of the first. While administrative management is entrusted to the network contract. The two companies, which we can define as cogs in a complex system, develop an interconnected and constantly evolving interaction.

Results: Company A, in collaboration with prestigious Italian hospitals, takes care of children from various regions, guaranteeing them free, high-quality services specific to neonatal visual impairment. These activities, free for families, are supported by company B, which with the continuous diversification of production sectors has shown, in the medium term, to have growth potential with solid and sustainable profitability.

Conclusions: The companies represent two different but complementary worlds capable of generating the best possible value, under the strategic umbrella of the Foundation. In a period of 4 years it was possible to create a sustainable social and health welfare system, guaranteeing the usability of free rehabilitation services with the support and creation of sectors producing socially useful goods and services.This system represents an opportunity to make it clear that the path to be taken with courage is that of a sustainable social economy also through the development of inclusive prosperity.

Scientific Paper Abstract: Objective
Within the Third Sector, an important role, both in terms of turnover and resources used, is held by social enterprises, which adopt an entrepreneurial model that goes beyond the welfare intervention typical of the State and that of maximizing the profits of companies profit.From the observation and daily stories of families with disabilities, comes the desire to support a process of change with a view to retraining the person based on value, which implies the strengthening of actions and organizational processes aimed at accompanying families to autonomy and not the mere meaning of welfare, in harmony with the healthcare system and civil society.The change begins with the observation that health and social resistance increasingly falters in health, rehabilitation and economic terms. It is necessary to transform the social and health economy, the quality and quantity of employment of people with disabilities, guaranteeing the care of people with a view to sustainability and socio-economic independence.The motto, perhaps not particularly original, to be implemented is "doing something useful to be useful". The Foundation was created by the will of the Founders who were aware of their own limitations, that the history of ideals should not be replicated but not ignored either, that the vision could look forward in time with the idea of social progress, with the guarantee that the commitment to creating value for and with people may have no limit.The functions of the Foundation, as well as the services of the two companies, are carried out within a single building, they fit together and interface, maintaining their autonomy and independence. The plurality of the actors involved, the need to comply with the law on security and privacy, the relational and functional reciprocity, in terms of human, material and economic resources, in the provision of services is protected and regulated by the signing of a Network of Company called Rete Imprese Officina dei Sensi.

Design
The project was born from the establishment of a Participation Foundation which holds the strategic management of two social enterprises A and B with operational autonomy which respectively carry out free rehabilitation activities and productive activities of social utility in support of the first. While administrative management is entrusted to the network contract. The two companies, which we can define as cogs in a complex system, develop an interconnected and constantly evolving interaction. Company A carries out a free rehabilitation service for families with visual and multiple disabilities. The rehabilitation programs are structured on a flexible management model tailored to the characteristics and potential of individual children. Company B specializes in the provision of socially useful services such as: transcription of books for students with visual impairment, planning and implementation of accessibility and usability of cultural and tourist places, and production of audio books.

Results
Company A, in collaboration with prestigious Italian hospitals, takes care of children from various regions, guaranteeing them free, high-quality services specific to neonatal visual impairment. These activities, free for families, are supported by company B, which with the continuous diversification of production sectors has shown, in the medium term, to have growth potential with solid and sustainable profitability. Economic and social sustainability has been achieved, capable of achieving a financial return with an advantage in the health and social area thanks to the provision of free rehabilitation and social services. The sectors that support the healthcare area are: the transcription of school books, the production of audio books and the accessibility sector. The Foundation also invests in human resources, ensuring the professional growth of its employees, hiring and encouraging new talent, regardless of their level of experience and disability/disadvantage. Diversity, if we want to define it that way but ultimately "those who are not uniquely different", represents a source of wealth and growth for everyone. Another distinctive element within the new model is the P.E.O.P.L.E project (People, Experience, Opportunities, Professionalism, Work, Economy) to communicate, spread and raise awareness, talking about people and not products, of relationships aimed at participation and not at sale, of ability and not of disability, of knowledge and not of simple information.

Conclusions
The companies represent two different but complementary worlds capable of generating the best possible value, under the strategic umbrella of the Foundation. In a period of 4 years it was possible to create a sustainable social and health welfare system, guaranteeing the usability of free rehabilitation services with the support and creation of sectors producing socially useful goods and services.A sustainable system has been created and we hope to continue to generate, in which human and social resources can develop and grow in synergy with appropriate ecological and economic resources. The Foundation is oriented towards environmental sustainability with the re-marketing of an abandoned industrial building, effective thermal insulation and the installation of photovoltaic infrastructures for complete energy self-sufficiency. What has in fact been generated is a system, which operates according to the principle of relational reciprocity. A network of production activities and exchange of economic and human resources has been implemented, which increase the efficiency of individual production processes and which guarantee the existence of the healthcare sector. The Foundation chooses to provide a free rehabilitation service, not affiliated with the national health system, but decides to invest in people, families and children. The Foundation imagines and plans, implementing a truly transformative action, changing the rules and generating a new ideal of the Third Sector, capable of setting up rehabilitative contexts, building social infrastructures, designing new economies and giving people jobs again regardless of the presence of disabilities.A perspective colored by a deep investment, intrinsic to values and the concept of entrepreneurship, capable of rediscovering the desirability of risk, the value of innovation and the beauty of diversity. Our system represents an opportunity to make it clear that the path to be taken with courage is that of a sustainable social economy also through the development of inclusive prosperity.