Estudo social e condições de trabalho nos CREASs: análise a partir da fiscalização do CRESS-BA em 2023

Abstract

This dissertation analyzed the working conditions and the implementation of social studies by social workers working in Specialized Social Assistance Reference Centers (CREASs) inspected by CRESS-BA in 2023. The historical-dialectical materialist method was adopted to understand the social and historical determinations that influence professional practice. The research used bibliographic and documentary sources, with emphasis on the visit reports of the CRESS-BA Inspection Commission (COFI), referring to the year 2023, which brought data related to the working conditions of Social Service professionals in CREAS. The specific objectives were: to identify the working conditions of social workers in the inspected CREASs; to analyze the demands that require the preparation of the social study; and to investigate the challenges faced by professionals in the preparation of social studies. The results showed that working conditions in CREASs are characterized by precarious employment relationships, scarcity of material and human resources, inadequate ethical and technical conditions, and external pressures, especially from the Justice System, which demand reports and opinions not provided for in the legislation of the Unified Social Assistance System (SUAS). The dissertation also discussed the instrumentality in Social Work and the impacts of the hegemonic professional ethicalpolitical project in the face of conservative projects that threaten Social Work. It was found that precarious working conditions compromise the quality of social studies, directly affecting the effectiveness of professional intervention in CREASs.