O serviço social no campo da saúde materno: o caso da Maternidade-escola

Abstract

This work arises from my experience as a Social Work intern and, later, as a professional at the Maternity-School of the Federal University from Rio de Janeiro and student of the specialization course in Comprehensive Health Care Mother and Child of this institution. Based on this experience, I contrast the Social Service work plan that was in force for almost two decades in relation to the current one that was prepared in January of 2007 after the change in sector coordination. The current challenge of Social Work is to have its action articulated to the professional ethical-political project in the face of the conjuncture of dismantling of social policies under the neoliberal ideology. This scenario brings demands for constant professional qualification to be able to create strategies and work proposals in line with to the principles consolidated in the code of professional ethics. Initially, I trace the trajectory of construction of the object of study from concerns arising from the experience as an intern and social worker. Afterwards, I present a brief presentation of Maternidade-Escola and the social in this institution. In chapter |, I present historical and political elements about Social Work and its relationship with social policies. In chapter II, I highlight considerations about women's health care in the context of the Unified Health System and the Comprehensive Health Care Program of Woman. In chapter III, I discuss the work plans, pointing out central elements in relation to the theoretical conception and the context of carrying out both. Finally, the final considerations with the advances of the Social Service sector and the challenges for the materialization of intervention proposals connected to the professional ethical-political project.