Os direitos dos adolescentes em cumprimento de medidas socioeducativas em meio aberto: os processos de trabalho da/o assistente social

Abstract

This work of course conclusion intended to understand the rights of the adolescents who committed an infraction, that are in compliance with social-educational measures in an open environment. Also comprehend the working process of social workers in this situation. To develop this project, a documentary and bibliographical research was used. In order to reach this goal, it is needed to problematize the criminalization of poverty as a result of the capitalist mode of production, besides pointing out the differences between punishment and protection in the social-educational system. In this perspective, it was decided to elaborate a reflection that contemplates the singularities of the rights of children’s and young person’s historical path in Brazil, from the colonial time to the important achievements as the Child and Adolescents Statute and the National System of Social-educational Service. After these understandings, this work was headed to present the working process of social workers that act on the social-educational measures and the integral protection for the teenagers that are involved with an infraction. It is an important theme, not only to the professional category, but also to society. It was presented here the need to recognize those teenagers as people of rights, to turn visible their causes and show the social workers’ role in this process.