A atuação profissional do assistente social no CRAS: uma reflexão sobre as dificuldades e possibilidades desta atuação

Abstract

This work is focused on the Practice of Social Work at the Center for Social Reference - CRAS because during insertion into the training field was noticeable even some conservative practices that often prevented or lessened the action of this professional, arousing the curiosity to know and reflect on the theoretical aspects of professional practice in these spaces, and the possibilities of it as strengthening the working class category while. Many aspects influence the daily life of "doing" Professional Social Worker at CRAS, among them, the power relationships (not always identified by local professionals), cronyism, lack of material and human resources (form of the state to maintain social control ), the gaps that should be filled with clarity the professional role of social work within the state institution and the need for some professionals to appropriate the knowledge and strategy of struggle. the literature used for the construction of this Work Completion course took into account the main discussions since the emergence of social assistance in Brazil, how it was operated and used to this day as a strategy to legitimize the ruling power, the changes that occurred in our country especially in the field of social assistance significant changes in the professional practice of the Social Worker in the search for new paths in ensuring user rights. For both were used as instruments to literature and the field with a qualitative approach, interviewing applying a structured questionnaire were conducted to identify through the same difficulties encountered by these professionals for materialization of their professional practice.