O serviço social na assessoria às famílias de Barra Longa/MG atingidas pelo rompimento da Barragem de Fundão, em Mariana/MG: análise da contribuição da profissão

Abstract

This thesis analyzes the work experience of Social Work in the technical advisory of those affected in Barra Longa/MG by the collapse of the Fundão dam in Mariana/MG, which occurred in 2015. We aim to highlight the connection with the ethical-political project of Social Work. The analysis focuses on the sphere of work processing and, in this sense, considers the process in which the professionals' work was situated, the working conditions and relationships, and the content employed by the professionals to develop their professional responses. The main objective of the study is to highlight the determinations present in the professionals’ work that allow for identifying or evidencing the link between the work and the critical professional project, based on the work experience of Social Work in the technical advisory in Barra Longa/MG. Thus, we aim to describe the Social Work experience in the technical advisory, identify the limits and possibilities for critical Social Work in this context, and, finally, analyze the contribution of Social Work in the technical advisory of the affected population. The analysis of interviews conducted with Social Work professionals who were part of the technical advisory team indicates that the profession's contribution to this experience was related to the process of mobilizing and qualifying the information provided to the affected people. As for the limitations of the work, the professionals pointed to the intensity of the work, the pandemic, and the judicialization of the reparations process