Os direitos de quem têm direitos: desafios e estratégias para a inserção e participação social de adolescentes do acolhimento institucional

Abstract

The discussion about participation and social insertion becomes pertinent, based on the understanding that the human being belongs to society, a context that carries out its activities and exercises its citizenship. This individual may be vulnerable to social disruptions from the violation of his or her rights, whether due to family, economic, work or social conditions. The Adolescent who is in an extreme situation of vulnerability or disaffiliation, is guaranteed by the Public Policies and mainly by the Statute of the Child and the Adolescent (ECA), the right to enjoy all their rights as being in development. One of the measures determined by the ECA to implement these rights is the Institutional Reception, which is a space in which the adolescent is referred as a consequence of violations occurring in the family context. Thus, this study aimed to understand how participation and social insertion has become effective in the adolescents' daily life, and what strategies the professionals of the service use to guarantee the rights established in art. 4 of the ECA, as well as understanding their conception of the social image of adolescents and young people in the service. The instruments for data collection were the semistructured interview and their results were analyzed through the analysis of thematic content. Seven (07) professionals from the institutional reception service participated in this study. Through the analysis, we can consider that it is still a challenge for professionals to ensure the participation and social insertion of institutionalized adolescents. As well, the social image of these individuals is negative and marginalized.