Autonomia relativa e serviço social: um estudo sobre as condições e relações de trabalho das assistentes sociais em São Borja

Abstract

This course conclusion work has as its theme the professional autonomy of Social Service work in the municipality of São Borja. To this end, qualitative research of an exploratory nature was carried out anchored in the critical dialectical method with the general objective of analyzing the work context of social workers in the municipality and how the autonomy of these professionals is shaped. A bibliographical research was developed using the state of the art and field research with a printed questionnaire aimed at social workers in São Borja. Both in the texts that make up the state of the art, and in the answers obtained through research, questions related to the strong precariousness to which female workers are subjected are intertwined, which directly affects their working conditions and relationships, and also ends up suppressing their rights and the population using the services. In contrast and in opposition to this reality in which they find themselves conditioned, the professionals point to the importance of building collective dynamics capable of giving visibility to the struggle for expanding autonomy through dialogues, debates, movements of reflection regarding reality lived. These mechanisms are capable of contributing to the articulation of responses to demands, strengthening the category and consequently the working class with the potential to transpose merely punctual and immediate actions of daily professional life.