Outsourcing and the growing precarity of psychologists' work in social services in Brazil: repercussions for subjectivities.

In this article, we present and discuss the repercussions of working conditions in social care services on the subjectivity of psychologists who work with this public policy in Brazil. Based on interviews with psychologists, we argue that the subcontracting process of the Unified Social Assistance System (Sistema Único da Assistência Social—SUAS) brings about the establishment of fragile employment relationships, low salaries, lack of training, and high staff turnover. Besides this insecurity due to precarious work, outsourcing makes those workers' lives precarious, since it makes them feel insecure, emotionally overwhelmed and "suffocated." To cope with this situation, these professionals seek technical and emotional support from their colleagues, especially engaging in study groups outside working hours. Their discourses have allowed us to conclude that, despite advocating a crackdown on the insecurity of labor and the end of subcontracting, Brazilian laws leave loopholes for feeble labor bonds. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]