Infância roubada: uma análise do trabalho infantil a luz do Serviço Social

Abstract

This Course Completion Work aims to understand the trajectory of children and adolescents and the fight for guaranteed rights in the face of the problem of child labor. The preparation of this study consisted of bibliographic analysis. Through it, it was possible to reflect on the perspective of childhood, from the slavery period until the implementation of the democratic period established by the Federal Constitution, in 1988, and the Child and Adolescent Statute, in 1990. After that, it was necessary to understand the how much Social Service has published on the topic of child labor through four magazines with good evaluation within the class, within the period from 2015 to 2022, given that Brazil has had diverse governments in their speeches. The analysis used the following filters: Social Service. Child labor. The total result was 891 publications containing the word Social Service. However, only 8 periodicals were found with the word Child Labor, and of this total, only two publications were about Social Service professionals and which actually addressed the issue as a central theme. With the conclusion of the analysis, it is observed that even with a wide network of public policies to combat child labor, the gap in relation to the way in which the professional category is approaching child labor is notable. We need to question why the professional category is not publishing about child labor. How can Social Services be contributing to the development of new public policies that contribute to combating child labor, considering that professionals are not addressing this issue in their publications?