Os serviços de proteção social ofertados à criança e ao adolescente pela política de assistência social de um município do alto sertão paraibano.

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.