"Sofremos muito com a precarização": condições de trabalho das assistentes sociais da política de assistência social de Miranorte - TO

Abstract

This research results from the Conclusion of a Specialization Course in Social Work and Social Policy carried out with professionals working in the Social Assistance Policy of the municipality of Miranorte-TO. The objective of this study was to analyze the working conditions of the social workers of the social assistance public policy of the municipality of Miranorte-TO and to understand the impacts of the process of precariousness of work for the social service and the public policy of social assistance. We used the qualitative approach, bibliographical research and as a data collection instrument we used the semi-structured interview with four social workers. It was verified that the process of precarization reaches the conditions of work in the social service, mainly with respect to salaries, ties with reduced social rights and the lack of investment in the physical and material structures of work and attendance to the population. The results point to a visible process of precariousness of working conditions in the social service, leaving its mark: reduced rights, instability, insecurity and low wages, as inferred from the reports of these professionals. Faced with such conditions, the professionals seek in the public tender the possibility of improving the work status. Finally, despite the difficult working conditions to which they are subjected, all the professionals interviewed are engaged in the struggle of the social service, seeking to concretize the Political Ethical Project and the social service as a critical and interventionary profession.