Condições de trabalho profissional no SUAS em tempos da crise sociossanitária da Covid-19 no sertão paraibano: um estudo na 13a região geoadministrativa

Abstract

The present study, whose theme is "Working conditions at SUAS in times of the social- sanitary crisis of Covid-19 in the Paraiban outback: a survey in the 13th RGA", has the

main objective of analyzing the imbrications between the working conditions and the performance of social workers in SUAS, as professionals who work daily in attending to the fierce expressions of the social issue exacerbated by Covid-19 pandemic, in the 13th Geoadministrative Region, Upper Outback region of Paraiba state. The relevance of this study consists in the search for understanding: how have the professional practice spaces being offered? Under what conditions have the social workers been performing their laboral activities at the Unified Social Assistance System (SUAS)? What were the implications of Covid-19 in this occupation space in the municipalities that distance themselves from the large large centers of Paraíba state, specially in the Paraiban Upper Outback, in the 13th Geoadministrative Region? On the other hand, it has been observed the absence of studies regarded to the workers of SUAS, which are of peculiar importance to understand the dynamics of the working environment in that place. The theoretical, methodological, material, historical and dialectical approach is processed in this essay about the following categories of analysis: work, professional performance and working conditions from the laboral relationship established within the daily action inserted in the context of flexibilization and precarious work. Starting from this approach, bibliographic and documentary references have been used as an investigative path, with quantitative-qualitative methodology during the data collection, as well as data analysis with the application of a semi-structured questionnaire and focus group altogether the social workers who labor at SUAS, in the municipalities of the 13th RGA of Paraíba state. From the analysis of the collected data it is possible to infer that the Covid-19 pandemic has deepened the precariousness that has been experienced by the social workers of SUAS, who has been working in the Upper Outback of Paraiba state, for years. Thus, we can consider that there has been some aggravating factors, such as a feeling of fear and illness, such as was stated during the dialogue established in the focus group, in a unique moment of this investigation. Therefore, there is an urgent need to react and understand that it is possible to go beyond. On the other hand, it is of particular importance to mobilize the category and everyone in the struggle for the maintenance of democracy, so that we can, in a very near future, ensure the existence and permanence of SUAS, improving its structure and working conditions for everyone who works with families and individuals who, in their turn, experience the difficult times of barbarism.