O trabalho do(a) assistente social na defensoria pública: uma análise dos desafios, limites e possibilidades no campo sociojurídico

Abstract

This monograph is the result of research on the role of social workers in the socio-legal field, focusing on the challenges and limitations present in professional practice within the Public Defender's Office. The study develops from the need to understand how the structural contradictions of the capitalist system interfere in the daily practice of social workers. The general objective is to examine the insertion of Social Work in this institution, identifying the determinations and mediations that permeate professional practice. Methodologically, it is a bibliographic and documentary research, supported by reflections from the historical-critical method, articulating theoretical productions in the area, legislation, and institutional documents that contribute to the understanding of socio-legal reality. Publications by central authors in Social Work were used, such as Yolanda Guerra (2011); Netto (1996); Luciana de Paula (2007); Borgianni (2013), in addition to the 1993 Professional Code of Ethics for Social Workers and the law that regulates the profession (CFESS, 2012), which establishes guiding principles for professional practice. Furthermore, the normative aspects governing the socio-legal and legal field were analyzed, based on Complementary Law No. 80/1994, which organizes the Public Defender's Office of the Union and the states. The results indicate that the performance of social workers is strongly conditioned by the selective logic of the State and by the inequalities inherent in capitalism, which impose restrictions on working conditions, the universalization of rights, and the construction of broader professional responses.