SOUSA, A. P.; http://lattes.cnpq.br/1232536869544309; SOUSA, Ana Paula de.
Abstract:
A topic of discussion inside and outside the academy is the social protection of
children and adolescents, which, historically, have their rights violated. Only with CF /
88 does this scenario change, since it brings in its legislative framework social rights,
of which we emphasize social assistance policy. This policy has actions and services
provided to children and adolescents, however, its implementation has faced
obstacles due to the upsurge of the neoliberal offensive that defends the reduction of
expenditures for public social service and directs it to the international capital. Thus,
the general objective of this study is to analyze the actions and services of the Social
Assistance policy aimed at the protection of children and adolescents in a
municipality of the upper Sertão of Paraiba in the context of the recrudescence of the
neoliberal offensive in Brazil, from the following objectives specific: To apprehend the
socio-historical context of policies for children and adolescents in Brazil; to identify
and reflect on the challenges faced by professionals in the realization of the rights of
children and adolescents of the municipality of Paraiba in the context of the upsurge
of the neoliberal offensive and to identify and reflect public and private programs,
services and actions for the care of children and adolescents in the municipality
enrolled in the municipal council of Social Assistance. In order to reach the
mentioned objectives, we used the bibliographical, documentary and field research,
this one with the professionals of the multi-professional team of the Social Assistance
policy and the Tutelar Council - who counted 07 subjects, both located in the
mentioned Municipality - through of a semi-structured questionnaire. The analysis of
data and processing was based on the critical-dialectic method, which privileges the
qualitative approach. Thus, we see that in the Municipality studied there are actions
and services, both basic protection and special protection, which serve children and
adolescents at risk and / or social vulnerability, which are aimed at maintaining or
recovering family and community ties. It was found that in order for social services to
be effective, greater investment in materials and professional training is necessary,
but even in the face of difficulties, the Municipality has been successful in providing
the services and social-assistance actions that prevent and recover children and
adolescents.
