Atuação do assistente social no Sistema Municipal de Educação: contribuições para ações socioeducacionais

Abstract

This dissertation is part of the Postgraduate Program in Education - PPGE, master’s in education, Research Line 1, "Teaching, Knowledge and Professional Development", Federal University of Santa Maria / UFSM - RS. The theme of the research is "the socio-educational reality of EMEF Maria de Lourdes Castro, located in the João Luiz Pozzobon neighborhood, mapping the indicators of social vulnerability in order to outline a proposal for continuing education in the school environment, prospecting the construction of proposal interdisciplinary socio-educational activity between the professional educators, and social worker. The main question of the research was: "What are the implications for an interdisciplinary socio-educational work in the school environment, between educators and social workers, so that they can make feasible the integration of children in social vulnerability?" The general objective "To understand the implications of the relationships between educators, social workers and other professionals for an interdisciplinary socio-educational work in the school environment, was deployed in five specific objectives, covering: the socio-educational reality of a municipal school; the articulation between the school and the socio-welfare network; the school's trajectory in the prevention and confrontation of its socio-educational reality; how the interdisciplinary action can contribute to the development of socio-educational practices in the school context; the importance of continuing education, as a basis for a dialogical practice and thus, propose the discussion of a shared socio-educational project between education professionals and social service. Methodologically, the "case study" was chosen in a municipal school in a region of social vulnerability, through the observation of the school and its context, in addition to semi-structured interviews of managers and teachers, and the professionals of CRAS-Leste. The results bring the relevance of the theme and the pertinence of the guiding objectives. It is important to emphasize the need for an interdisciplinary team in the school context so that the students' demands are understood in a comprehensive way, in order to prevent and intervene in an appropriate way, besides highlighting the informative nature of the research, by enabling educational professionals and the school community to know the role of the social worker in legitimizing social policies and education. Role that defends to know the possibilities of contribution of this professional, the skills and knowledge to be [re] constructed and shared with the other professionals of Education.