Municipal Social Assistance Councils: New Competencies for the Work of the Social Worker

Authors

  • Angela Vieira Neves UnB - Brasília - DF
  • Cláudia de Oliveira Vicente Santos UnB - Brasília - DF
  • Suellem Henriques da Silva UnB - Brasília - DF

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/S1414-49802012000200003

Abstract

This article presents the results of a study about Municipal Social Assistance Councils (CMAS) and the insertion of social workers in these public spaces in Rio de Janeiro State. Its objective is to contribute to the debate about the demands placed on Social Work professionals in relation to councils that administer public policies, and more specifically, the Municipal Social Assistance Councils. The methodological procedures combine a bibliographic and documental study of secondary data with questionnaires presented by e-mail and telephone consultations with the social assistance secretariats at 92 municipalities in Rio de Janeiro State, from September 2010 – June 2011. Through the data surveyed, it was possible to conclude that there has been an increase in the participation of social workers on the councils, particularly since 2000, when they were given new competencies, deepening and qualifying their work in the administration of public policies.

Author Biographies

Angela Vieira Neves, UnB - Brasília - DF

Assistente Social formada pela UFF, Mestrado em Serviço Social pela PUC-RJ e Doutorado em Ciências Sociais pela Unicamp. Atualmente é professora Adjunta IV do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Política Social do Departamento de Serviço Social da Universidade de Brasília.

Cláudia de Oliveira Vicente Santos, UnB - Brasília - DF

Assistente Social formada pela UFF, Mestrado em Serviço Social pela PUC-RJ e Doutorado em Ciências Sociais pela Unicamp. Atualmente é professora Adjunta IV do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Política Social do Departamento de Serviço Social da Universidade de Brasília.

Suellem Henriques da Silva, UnB - Brasília - DF

Graduada em Serviço Social pela UFF e mestre em Ciência Política pelo Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciência Política (PPGCP/UFF). Pesquisadora do GEPEDSS/UnB.

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Published

2012-12-05

Issue

Vol. 15 No. 2 (2012): Formação e exercício profissional em Serviço Social

Section

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