The Unified System of Social Assistance and workers in the National Social Assistance Policy: a focus on occupational therapists

Understanding the different possibilities of professional activities that can compose the teams of the Unified Social Assistance System (SUAS), to contribute to social protection, this study aimed to: identify, describe and analyze characteristics of insertion and practices of occupational therapist...

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Autores: Oliveira, Marina Leandrini de, Malfitano, Ana Paula Serrata
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2021
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade Estadual de Londrina (UEL)
Repositorio:Serviço Social em Revista (Online)
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs2.ojs.uel.br:article/39567
Acceso en línea:https://ojs.uel.br/revistas/uel/index.php/ssrevista/article/view/39567
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Social occupational therapy. Social policy. Professional practice. Unified social assistance system.
Terapia ocupacional social
Política social
Prática profissional
Sistema único de assistência social.
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Sumario:Understanding the different possibilities of professional activities that can compose the teams of the Unified Social Assistance System (SUAS), to contribute to social protection, this study aimed to: identify, describe and analyze characteristics of insertion and practices of occupational therapists in SUAS. The methodological procedures were organized in two stages: survey of the number of professionals working in the SUAS and description and analysis of their insertion and practices, with three data sources: online questionnaires (n=241), interviews (10) and visits to work units (four). The results showed that the data from the SUAS Census and the answers from the online questionnaires are congruent, in terms of occupational therapists' professional characteristics. The practices identified from the different stages provided a set of information, included: reception, workshops, individual and family follow-ups, home visits, and intersectoral network articulation. Three analyzes categories were elaborated on the characteristics of the work of occupational therapists. Is expected that the characterization of the practices of social services workers, as specified here by occupational therapists, can offer subsidies for the qualification of the actions paths for all professionals that integrate social services as executors of social protection policy.