SOCIAL SERVICE WITHIN MUNICIPAL MILIEU: DISCUSSIONS ON PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES IN TRÊS RIOS, BRAZIL

Abstract

Social policies in Brazil, especially during the country´s re-democratization process with the participation of Social Movements, are investigated. Legislation deals with education policy, especially the Guidelines and Basics Law and the challenges provided in neoliberal times with the precariousness of social policy and freezing of investments. Current analysis investigates the work of social assistants at the Municipal Secretariat of Education in Três Rios RJ, Brazil, and detects the difficulties, limits and possibilities for the development of the work of social assistants within an interdisciplinary team according to laws that foreground the profession and professional work. Research is the product of participating observation during supervised trainee period in Social Service.