SERVIÇO SOCIAL NA PANDEMIA DA CoViD-19: Demandas e Estratégias Profissionais Desenvolvidas para a Interconexão entre Paciente e Familiares

Abstract

The work addresses the context of the CoViD-19 pandemic in Brazil in the face of the political and economic crisis of the Bolsonaro government, which instituted a government action that makes it impossible to combat the pandemic according to the recommendations of national and international organizations, institutes. The objective of the analysis is to understand the working conditions of social workers in the face of the dismantling of the health system and the strategies of professional action with victims and their families affected by CoViD-19. The theoretical essay highlights the relevance of professional practice committed to the ethical-political project at a time when the right of the working class to life is under threat. The theoretical research made it possible to apprehend the challenges posed to the profession and the precarious working conditions of social workers that intensified during the pandemic, in addition to the aggravation of the expressions of the Social Question associated with unemployment, violence and hunger, affecting significantly and structuring to the black and peripheral population, especially to black women. Finally, professional performance and commitment to the rights of the working class have made possible, collectively, through the representative bodies of the category, an important contribution of Social Service in Health Policy in the face of the pandemic and its economic, social and policies dimensions.