A EDUCAÇÃO PROFISSIONAL E TECNOLÓGICA COMO ESPAÇO SOCIO-OCUPACIONAL DO ASSISTENTE SOCIAL: DESAFIOS E POSSIBILIDADES PARA ATUAÇÃO DO ASSISTENTE SOCIAL NO IFMG

Abstract

This article aims to address professional and technological education as a socio-occupational space for the social worker. For this, a survey was developed within the scope of the Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology of Minas Gerais – IFMG, which included the participation of 13 social workers who currently work at this institution. Integrating research in development, at the Master's level in Professional and Technological Education This study revealed, through qualitative and quantitative methodological approaches, the main challenges and possibilities for the work of social workers at the IFMG, considering the impacts caused by the neoliberal politics that causes the retraction of the State with regard to investment in public politics.