Formação de psicólogas para atuar na assistência social: estudo sobre propostas formativas dos cursos de psicologia no Recôncavo da Bahia

Abstract

The Federal Council of Psychology carried out a survey in 2012 and recognized that 67% of participating psychologists have their main activities related to health, education or social assistance. Of this percentage, 10% concerns social assistance. This data represents the significant insertion of psychology in the field of public policies and underscores the importance of an initial training in psychology providing access to discussions and practices that contribute to work in this area. In order to contribute to the extension of reflections on training focused on social assistance, the training proposal set out in three Pedagogical Projects of Psychology Courses, belonging to the territory of Recôncavo da Bahia, was followed. It was found that some principles and guidelines of the social assistance policy are considered in the training processes. However, more specific discussions about this public policy are still absent, with health policies being more addressed throughout the training.