A Dimensão Técnico-Operativa: um desafio frente ao avanço do conservadorismo

Abstract

Articulating the dimensions that make up professional practice is crucial both for understanding the necessary articulation of theory and practice, as well as for facing the difficulties expressed in social reality. The neoliberal project becomes a major obstacle, as it affects the economic, cultural, social and political fields in a deleterious way, with a Strong impact on the process of professional training, affected by the counter-reform of higher education, which defends distance education and other aspects that impoverish professional training. Added to neoliberal characteristics, it is known that capitalism that determines a society of antagonistic classes and that has historical roots with conservatism contributes decisively to impose limits on the profession, especially with the dismantling of social rights historically conquered by the struggle of the working class. However, with the advance of the conservative ideal, there is a risk of reproducing a professional performance that converges with the interests of the dominant groups. This research aims to understand the importance of articulating the dimensions that make up the professional practice of the Social Worker, namely, technical-operative, theoretical-methodological and ethical-political, relating them to the challenges faced by professionals in a scenario in which an advance of the conservative ideals expressed in the flexibilization of the work relations, retreat of rights, and cut of investments in public politics is processed. This is a documentary and bibliographic research, supported by authors who focus on the aforementioned theme. The results show that disregarding the articulation of the dimensions that make up professional practice implies a superficial, heterogeneous performance, which does not meet the needs of users of services, programs and benefits, in addition to reiterating the conservatism, which even in a veiled manner if present within the profession.