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Social policies in Brazil, especially during the country's re-democratization process with the participation of Social Movements, are investigated. Legislation deals with education policy, especially the Guidelines and Basics Law and the challenges provided in neoliberal times with the precariousness of social policy and freezing of investments. Current analysis investigates the work of social assistants at the Municipal Secretariat of Education in Três Rios RJ, Brazil, and detects the difficulties, limits and possibilities for the development of the work of social assistants within an interdisciplinary team according to laws that foreground the profession and professional work. Research is the product of participating observation during supervised trainee period in Social Service. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The present paper discusses the insertion of Social Assistants in Public Health Policy under a perspective the expansion of social rights, since these profesionals work in prevention, health's promotion and regular improvements in public Health System in relation to access and extension rights health desk. In this way, the general objective is to analyze as the insertion of social assistants in health in the framework of the Health Reform Movement even an arrival of Neoliberalism in 90s. In the literature review have been studied authors who discuss the theme Social and Health Service as: Bravo (2006), Code of Ethics/a Social Worker (1993), Minayo (1994) and Parameters paragraph Practice of Social Workers in Health Policy (2013), besides documentary revision of the laws relating to health such as the Constitution of the Federative Republic of Brazil (1988) and Law 8.080. A qualitative approach was used from the method of the narrative analysis, which will address the major landmarks that customize the inclusion of social workers in health, focusing mainly on health reform, federal council of social assistant resolution and the arrival of Neoliberalism. The resolution legitimized the performance of these professionals in the field of health, being currently the area that employs more social workers in Brazil. Finally, the study found that the social worker has his activities often considered as irrelevant, this fact is given even greater importance to the curative practices, minimizing educational activities, mobilization and communication in health together with the various professionals in the field of health. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper describes how the Brazilian Landless Movement fostered an insurgent citizenship among the poor. We describe three core organizational practices of this movement that supported this insurgent citizenship. We find that these practices bear striking resemblance to the practices of other civil society organizations (CSOs), including social service organizations, when they support the empowerment of marginalized communities. The identification of common practices suggests that despite the differences among CSOs, these distinctions may be less stark than assumed and that there may be common causal pathways between CSOs and insurgent citizenship. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The aim of this paper is to present the historical background in which the current Brazilian Health Policy was drawn, telling both a literature survey conducted with authors who address the topic of Social Services and Mental Health and the relation of social work with respective area, among the authors discussed include Iamamoto (2002), Faleiros (2000), Vasconcelos (2010) and Bravo (2006). The work will take into account the major changes in the Brazilian reality from the 1930s to the period of great social mobilization that occurred in the 1980s, which resulted in the promulgation of the 1988 Constitution, considered one of the greatest achievements of Brazilian society, the article will highlight the importance of this document for effective health policy of the country. Then far will a brief explanation of the insertion of the social worker in the area of Brazilian psychiatry and its participation in the first institutions dedicated to serving the mentally ill. Later we will describe on the Mental Health area, identifying key areas of work that rely on the work of this professional, which is driven by both the principles and guidelines of the National Health System as well as the principles of psychiatric reform, enhancing professional action and recognition in the field of health in Brazil. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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