Caminhos que se fazem ao andar: saberes construídos na prática profissional da/o assistente social na saúde mental

Abstract

Based on the observation that its necessary to develop the professional pratice from the point of view of knowledge, based on the materials collected in the research “Knowledge of the Social Worker: a study of professional actions in mental health”, this study seeks to analyze the theoretical-practical relations and the different knowledge constituted in the daily professional practice, in order to examine how social workers build, appropriate and use them. The research has as a reference locus the actions developed by social workers in the psychosocial care (RAPS) of Santa Maria/RS. Thus, it is proposed, through a literature review, to debate and systematize the structuring concepts of this study, which are: knowledge, theory, professional action, experience and skill. The methodology used is a qualitative approach, which can be characterized as a case study. The analysis of the material was carried out in the light of the contributions of epistemology, along with the backdrop of the Marxist critical perspective.