A ATUAÇÃO DA (O) ASSISTENTE SOCIAL NA ATENÇÃO BÁSICA EM SAÚDE: UMA INSERÇÃO NECESSÁRIA

Abstract

The present Course Completion Work (TCC) discusses the importance of the professional practice of the social worker in the health area, specifically in primary care, taking into account that in the basic health unit where I work in another technical role , aroused the interest in understanding the reason for the absence of this professional in the service. In this way, the general objective is to point out how the social worker can contribute to the team so that access to the social right to health is effective, since its insertion is necessary in any sociooccupational space. To support the arguments in the construction of the present work, bibliographical and documentary research was used, with a critical bias, to briefly discuss access to health before and after the Federal Constitution of 1988, the position of the State, through social policies within a capitalist society and the consequences for the implementation of the National Primary Care Policy. After these considerations, the performance and challenges of social workers were listed, by punctuating their trajectory in health in scenarios permeated by advances and setbacks, including in the current situation marked by strong attacks and dismantling of social policies and how (the ) social worker can contribute with the team so that access to the social right related to health is effective, by seeking to overcome possible violations of other rights experienced by users in situations of social vulnerability, understanding that the health-disease process is intrinsically related to the determinants social issues and such a professional is trained to act in the face of expressions of the social question, and to develop actions that contribute to a humanized and equitable service.