Supervised internship in social work in the post-pandemic period: new challenges?

Abstract

This article is an experience report that seeks to analyze, from the management perspective of the Social Service Internship Coordination at the University of Brasília, the impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic on Social Work supervised internships and the challenges observed in the resumption of face-to-face activities in the post-pandemic period. Initially, a discussion is made about the dismantling suffered in higher education, especially since the 2016 coup, the deepening of social inequality during the pandemic period, and its repercussions for the internship. Then, in report format, the challenges observed by the Internship Coordination in the post-pandemic period are detailed, in its relationship with academic and field supervisors, internship granting institutions and students, understanding that, although many of them are directly related to the context imposed by the pandemic, others were already faced historically in the internship process, and were aggravated by it. It is emphasized, in this process, the importance of reaffirming the principles and guidelines constructed and defended by the professional category, regarding Social Work education and supervised internship.