Assistência Social e os desafios Contemporâneos à garantia da Proteção Social

Abstract

Social assistance and contemporary challenges to social protection” is a monographic work with a focus on understanding social protection and how the main challenges that social assistance faces are designed to guarantee protection to those who need it most. The study in question is permeated by the following concern: what are the challenges faced to guarantee social protection today? .It is believed that the guarantee of social protection in contemporary times is a challenge because the social worker needs to enter the reality of each individual who will have access to protection and understand what this citizen really needs, acting purposefully in the user's need. And jointly building effective solutions in accordance with current legislation. In order to analyze the concern in question, the study has the general objective of researching contemporary challenges in the face of social protection, seeking to understand how the social worker can contribute so that the population has access to social protection consistent with their needs, be that protection basic or special. In this regard, as specific objectives, the need to carry out a historical contextualization on social protection in Brazil is placed; to reflect on the Organic Social Assistance Law (LOAS) and on the Unified Social Assistance System (SUAS); and, finally, studying social protection, discussing basic social protection and special social protection. The study methodology favors bibliographic research based on authors such as Boschetti (2000), Carvalho and Moljo (2018), Cancian (2011), Santos (2015). At the end of the study, it is observed that the offer of social protection in contemporary times, in fact, constitutes a challenge for social workers, since these need to intervene, offering the most adequate protection to the individual who attends, facing challenges in terms of assistance, dealing with the political-administrative barriers of social protection systems and seeking, at the same time, to offer the most effective service possible to the citizen.