Trabalho e adoecimento mental: desvelando a realidade dos/as Assistentes Sociais de Sousa ­ PB.

Abstract

With the emergence of capitalism and its strategy of exhausted exploitation of workers, the negative consequences that perverse this class both in the objective and in the subjective field are increasingly revealed. In this way, scholars have been dedicated to understanding the changes in the world of work and how these changes have affected the health of workers. Based on this understanding, the present work aims to discuss the work and mental illness of social workers in the municipality of Sousa/PB, considering this professional as a worker, through discussions and analyzes about the old and current work configurations as well as studies based on the health of the worker and subjective precariousness. For this, we used qualitative research, as it was essential to obtain more contextualized answers about the work of these professionals. The research consisted of three stages, respectively: the bibliographic research, afterwards, a semi­structured interview made to the social workers of Social Assistance and Health in the municipality of Sousa/PB with questions in the form of a script directed to the problem and concluding with the analysis of the information collected. The research participants corresponded to four social workers from the Health and Social Assistance Policy in the municipality of Sousa/PB. The data was revealing in what circumscribes the objective aspects of work such as low wages, job insecurity, work overload, among other elements that also directly impact on the subjective conditions of social workers and demarcate a worrying reality experienced by these professionals in today's reality. That said, it is extremely important to deal with the reality of social workers in terms of work and mental illness of these professionals.