O serviço social em um Hospital Geral do Recôncavo da Bahia: Desafios cotidianos

Abstract

This paper aims to analyze the professional performance of the social worker in Health, specifically in the hospital context, considering the limits and challenges posed by the Social Work professional, as well as the institutional requirements in the context of privatization and the need to materialize the project. Ethical Politics of Social Work. To this end, interviews were sent with the professionals of the hospital institution, through e-mail and with the endorsement of the Social Work coordination, the Social Work interns were also interviewed, but they were free to narrate. The research was a qualitative case study. Results indicate: distancing from professional action in relation to the values and principles indicated by the current Code of Ethics; The image of the profession seized by other professionals does not corroborate the image expressed in the Political-Ethical Project of Social Work and there is a distance from what is advocated in the document entitled Parameters for the performance of social workers in health. It can be seen that the fragility in the performance of professionals occurs due to the relationships work relationships.