La asignatura de trabajo social comunitario en las universidades españolas
| Pages | 791-806 |
| Date | 01 July 2026 |
| Published date | 01 July 2026 |
| Author | Enrique Pastor-Seller,Inmaculada Trinidad Baños López |
| Subject Matter | Administrative & Public Law |
La asignatura de trabajo social comunitario
en las universidades españolas
Enrique Pastor-Seller1, Inmaculada Trinidad Baños López2
1Universidad de Murcia. Catedrático de Trabajo Social de la Universidad de Murcia. España.
E-mail: epastor@um.es; ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8693-5138
2Doctorando en Programa de Trabajo Social. Universidad de Murcia.
E-mail: inma.bl14@gmail.com; ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-8307-9799
Resumen. Este artículo presenta los resultados de una investigación que analiza
la organización, competencias, contenidos teóricos y metodológicos de la formación
en Trabajo Social con comunidades en los grados de Trabajo Social de las universi-
dades españolas. Para su análisis, en primer lugar, se identicaron las universidades
que ofrecen el grado de Trabajo Social (N=39), posteriormente, se analizaron todas
las asignaturas vinculadas con el Trabajo Social con comunidades en estos programas
de estudios utilizando las guías docentes de las asignaturas implicadas (N=44). A con-
tinuación se identicaron todas las competencias especícas identicadas en dichas
guías (N=352) y del análisis de contenido de las guias docentes ha permitido identi-
car, a modo de tipologías/categorías, 24 competencias especícas y 10 contenidos
/ ejes temáticos de las asignaturas de Trabajo Social con comunidades. A partir del
análisis de contenido mencionado se constata que la formación en Trabajo Social con
comunidades es esencial en todos los grados de Trabajo social, su contenido teórico y
metodológico se encuentra estrechamente relacionado con el sistema de competencias
y habilidades profesionales que se requieren en los contestos actuales. Por último,
los resultados permiten evidenciar la importante contribución del Trabajo Social con
comunidades en la construcción teórica del Trabajo Social y del propio quehacer pro-
fesional en el contexto actual de alta complejidad y superdiversidad cultural en comu-
nidades urbanas y rurales.
Palabras clave: Trabajo Social con comunidades, competencias, educación superior, inno-
vación educative.
Recibido: 20/03/2026 ~ Aceptado: 05/06/2026
INTERACCIÓN Y PERSPECTIVA
Revista de Trabajo Social
ISSN 2244-808X ~ Dep. Legal pp 201002Z43506
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21158730
Vol. 16 (3): 791 - 806 pp, 2026
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Interacción y Perspectiva. Revista de Trabajo Social Vol. 16(3): 2026
e subject of community social work in Spanish
universities
Abstract. is article presents the results of a study analysing the organisation,
competencies, theoretical and methodological content of training in social work with
communities in social work degree programmes at Spanish universities. For the analy-
sis, the universities oering Social Work degrees were rst identied (N=39), and
then all the subjects related to social work with communities in these study pro-
grammes were analysed using the teaching guides for the subjects involved (N=44).
Next, all the specic competencies identied in these guides (N=352) were identi-
ed, and the content analysis of the teaching guides made it possible to identify, in
the form of typologies/categories, 24 specic competencies and 10 contents/thematic
areas of the subjects of social work with communities. Based on the aforementioned
content analysis, it can be concluded that training in social work with communities is
essential in all degrees of social work, and its theoretical and methodological content
is closely related to the system of professional skills and abilities required in current
contexts. Finally, the results highlight the important contribution of social work with
communities to the theoretical construction of social work and to the professional
practice itself in the current context of high complexity and cultural superdiversity in
urban and rural communities.
Keywords: Community social work, skills, higher education, educational innovation.
INTRODUCTION
e creation of the European Higher Education Area (henceforth EHEA) has meant the
restructuring of ocial university undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral degrees based on the
learning of skills that society calls for in order to pursue a profession (Tuning Project, 2009;
Taylor et al., 2010; Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development [OCDE], 2012;
Escudero et al., 2019; Álvarez, 2019) as well as a focus on job placement. is is a new type of
higher education where students are at the fore of their progress towards assimilating content
and concepts as well as the acquisition of skills, abilities, and aptitudes that prepare them for fu-
ture professional practice. ese skills facilitate the development of a comprehensive education
in all its dimensions –knowledge, know-how, and knowing how to be– at the same time they
promote a sustainable and responsible university system (Álvarez y Arreguit, 2019).
e evolution towards this skills-based approach (also called learning experience ap-
proach), underscores signicant, collaborative-cooperative learning processes (Pegalajar,
2018), which are continuous and transformative, based on a multiplicity of resources and
activities open to interaction with the environment and the co-responsibility of all partici-
pants (Council for Social Work Education, 2015; Marion, 2018; International Association of
Schools of Social Work, 2019; Zayas et al., 2019). Teachers no longer act as mere transferrers
of knowledge but rather as guides that encourage and promote learning and the acquisition
and development of skills. For their part, students play a central role as active participants
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