A ATUAÇÃO DO ASSISTENTE SOCIAL JUNTO AOS POVOS INDÍGENAS

Abstract

This study aimed to analyze the challenges posed to Assistants Social services that work with indigenous peoples based on the literature in the area of Social Work and as specific objectives: to characterize the theoretical-methodological particularities of the Social Worker's performance with indigenous peoples and observe the obstacles posed to these professionals in relation to their work with them. It is intended to answer the following guiding question: what are the challenges and peculiarities present in the work of the Social Worker with indigenous peoples? It is the product of an exploratory research, which used a literature review of the narrative type. Data were collected from February to November 2022 and treated through a selective and critical reading. The main finding of the research indicates the invisibility and slowness of the debate on the indigenous issue in the profession, in addition to the incipience of literature in relation to the binomial Indigenous Peoples and Social Work.