Serviço Social na educação: desafios e possibilidades do exercício profissional em experiências do Tocantins

Abstract

This research seeks to give visibility to the results learned about the insertion of Social Work in Education, presenting the challenges and the possibilities of the professional practice of Social Workers in Tocantins from the experiences developed in the municipalities of Miracema do Tocantins and Palmas. The specific objectives are to present the links between Social Work and education; discuss educational policy from the perspective of the social issue; and reflect on the parameters of the Social Worker's professional practice in education policy. From a methodological point of view, the research is of a qualitative nature subsidized through bibliographic, documentary and field research, being carried out through the use of semi-structured interviews for social workers in the educational field. Initially, we present a contextualization about education in Brazil, also emphasizing Social Work and education and we end by highlighting issues that involve the work of the social worker in education as well as the challenges and possibilities based on the researched reality. We emphasize the importance of professional insertion in this area, considering the expressions of the social issue that cross educational policy.