System of Childhood Protection in Portugal – a Field of Intervention and Study of Social Work

Authors

  • Jorge Manoel L. Ferreira ISCTE – Instituto Universitário Lisboa

Abstract

This article seeks to systematize elements of analysis and reflection about the childhood protection system in Portugal, as a field of intervention and study of Social Work. It analyzes the problem of children who are in unfavorable social, family and cultural contexts that limit the realization of their rights and their well-being. It questions some dimensions of the problem that constitute the object of study of Social Work in the framework of the European social model, as well as the model for an open coordination of social policies for protection of childhood and the family.

Author Biography

Jorge Manoel L. Ferreira, ISCTE – Instituto Universitário Lisboa

Doutorado em Serviço Social pelo programa doutoral do Instituto Universitário de Lisboa (ISCTE). Professor auxiliar no Instituto Superior de Serviço Social de Lisboa (ISSSL) da Universidade Lusíada de Lisboa. Professor auxiliar convidado no ISCTE.

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Published

2010-01-01

Issue

Vol. 13 No. 2 (2010): Serviço Social e pobreza

Section

Thematic space

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