The impact of the social protection "assistance" process in the pension social service

• Autor(a) principal: Galizia, Silvina Verônica
• Data de Publicação: 2012
• Outros Autores: Fonseca, Adriana Pereira da
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Sociedade em Debate (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://revistas.ucpel.edu.br/rsd/article/view/699
• topic: Neoliberalism; Social Protection; Pension plan; Assistance; Social Service; neoliberalismo; proteção social; previdência; “Assistencialização”; Serviço Social

In the end of the 20th and the beginning of the 21st century theconsolidation and expansion of neoliberal reforms took place, promoting a restructure of the Brazilian social protection system. These modifications have been presentin a tendency to the increase in importance of the development of assistance programs and the decrease in importance of other social policies at the social protection level, the so-called “assistance” process. This fact has a straight relationship with the actions of the social worker as an executor, formulator and evaluator of these policies, especially when inserted into one ofthe three cornerstones of Social Security – health, assistance and pension plan. The focus of the present study is on the latter area. Thus, the paper aims at studying which are the real consequences of these transformations for the professional practice of social workers, reflecting on the current professional actions regarding the social pension plan and analyzing how these changes can mean a reorientation of social workers’ practice.