O trabalho do Assistente Social no Centro de Referência para mulheres em situação de violência vinculado à uma universidade pública

Abstract

The research proposes to discuss the professional work carried out by social workers at the Reference Center for Women Suely Souza de Almeida - CRMSSA, a public policy that is part of the service network for women in situations of gender violence, serving women of the entire state of Rio de Janeiro. CRMSSA is an extension project of the Center for Public Policy Studies in Human Rights (NEPPDH), at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), and began its activities in March 2016, counting on its interdisciplinary technical team, at that time, with 04 social workers and 01 psychologist. The operation and standardization of reference centers are guided by the Technical Standard for the Standardization of Reference Centers for Assistance to Women in Situations of Violence, a document prepared by the Special Secretariat for Policies for Women (SPM), in 2006. This document proposes the standardization of reference centers for women's care, through the guiding principles of the intervention of reference centers, the general and specific guidelines, the structure (physical and human resources) and the operating and service methodology. Reference centers are defined as spaces to welcome/care women in situations of violence, through interdisciplinary care in the areas of Social Service, Psychology and Law. In this way, they play a fundamental role in combating violence against women. The implementation of CRMSSA, within the UFRJ structure, aims not only to integrate the care network for women in situations of gender-based violence, but also to promote debates, reflections, actions to prevent gender-based violence, and the commitment to professional training and training in the area. In CRMSSA's work routine, it is up to the social worker to first listen to the woman, who arrives at the unit, referred by the specialized and non-specialized network of services or by spontaneous demand, and from there, propose a follow-up plan, together with the woman, aiming to break the situation of violence. With these duties, the importance of this professional in the care team for women in situations of gender-based violence stands out and the present research aims to present the perceptions of professional social workers about the work developed at CRMSSA, and the particularities and challenges that are posed in daily work in confronting violence against women. As a research methodology, semi-structured interviews were carried out with social workers, bibliographical research and document analysis to prepare the profile of users served in the first half of 2019. This work shows the importance of centers as fundamental services in combating gender-based violence, and presents the particularity of a reference center linked to an academic unit.