Serviço social na instituição hospitalar: um relato de experiência

Abstract

This Course Completion Work is the result of the experience accumulated during the academic training process, in particular, of the activities developed during the curricular internship in Social Work. The objective of this work is to describe the work of the Social Worker in the Hospital environment, promoting a theoretical-critical reflection on its importance, revealing its challenges in dealing with the multiple demands that arise in the daily practices. The methodology used was exploratory, bibliographical research with a qualitative approach. This study exposes the importance of the insertion of the social worker in the field of health and its performance, marking a place of relevance in the face of the complexity of health care, valuing the guarantee of social rights, with professional ethics, in view of health policies, and seeking , in their professional practice, the theoretical-methodological, ethical-political and technical-operative articulation. It was found that the attributions and competences of the social worker are fundamental in the search to solve the challenges that arise in professional practice.