Serviço social e arte: novas perspectivas de intervenção no trabalho do assistente social

Abstract

This article aims to highlight art as an instrument of great methodological effectiveness in the work of social workers. The importance of mastery of instrumentality by the professional and the use of instruments and techniques in the interventions in which they perform is highlighted. The work is of a qualitative nature, part of the experience report of a supervised internship in social work with a bibliographic review and the use of documents, based on the productions in the area of Social Work and the documents developed during internship I and II. The results of the experience from the interventions carried out at the Teresa Verzeri Training Center, point out that art, as an instrument and as an innovative resource adopted by social workers, can offer effective ways for the process of creating and strengthening bonds with the subjects. They also point out that in the mediation process for knowledge of reality, it can contribute to its transformation, since art can serve as a stimulus for the critical awareness of human beings, which leads them to their own emancipation.