La progettazione partecipata delle FamILens Checklist. Aspetti metodologici e processuali delle quattro linee di ricerca.

Public policies, services, and professional practices have significant effects on family life, though these effects are often neither immediately visible nor systematically analyzed. In a context marked by growing social complexity and the transformation of family relationships, it is becoming increasingly important to adopt approaches and tools capable of identifying and taking into account the family impact of decisions, practices, and interventions. This volume presents the results of the Multifaceted FamILens project, carried out by a multidisciplinary research group at the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore. Building on a pre-existing model, FamILens—a theoretical and operational framework for analyzing the family impact of policies, services, and professional practices—the project further developed its applied dimension. Through an interdisciplinary approach, the book illustrates the participatory process through which the FamILens Checklists were developed and applied to different welfare contexts—from family mediation to child protection, from home care to corporate welfare—presenting the first empirical evidence from their use. The volume is intended for scholars, students, and professionals in welfare, social policy, and personal services who are interested in developing innovative approaches and tools to design, analyze, evaluate, and improve services and policies oriented toward family well-being.

Il contributo presenta il disegno metodologico e processuale attraverso cui il progetto D32 Multifaceted FamILens ha co-costruito e validato quattro FamILens Checklist per promuovere un approccio Think Family in altrettanti ambiti: mediazione familiare, tutela minori, assistenza domiciliare e management delle risorse umane. Attraverso una metodologia partecipativa, articolata in fasi di co-design e successiva validazione con metodo Delphi, la ricerca ha coinvolto ricercatori, professionisti ed esperti nella definizione di strumenti riflessivi capaci di tradurre i principi del Family Impact Lens in indicatori operativi e contestualizzati. Il capitolo ricostruisce le principali tappe del percorso, mettendo in luce punti di forza, criticità e sfide legate alla pluralità dei linguaggi professionali, alla partecipazione longitudinale e all’adattamento del framework a contesti eterogenei. Ne emerge il valore delle checklist non solo come strumenti di autovalutazione, ma come dispositivi trasformativi utili a sostenere processi di apprendimento, riprogettazione e innovazione family-focused nei servizi e nelle organizzazioni.