The Professional Work of the Resident Social Worker in the Multiprofessional Health Residency Program in the hospital area in Alagoas: conceptions of Social Work under Debate

Abstract

This article is the result of the Residency conclusion research to obtain the title of specia­list in adult and elderly Health from the Federal University of Alagoas-UFAL, and it aims to discuss the professional work of the resident social worker in the practice setting of the universitary Hospital Professor Alberto Antunes-HUPAA, as well as the concepts of Social Work present in this socio-occupational space. This is a theoretical and descriptive research, with a qualitative approach, under the format of an experience report. A biblio­graphic review was used as a methodological procedure. The method that underpins the proposed discussion is the historical-dialectical materialism. The results point towards the dilemmas that permeate the practice of residents in multiprofessional health residencies and then show how the professional work of Social Work residents in HUPAA’s practice settings is carried out. This practice coexists with two conceptions of the profession: one associated with help and another with making rights possible. In the end, the need to rethink the organization of the health work process in these spaces, the role of residents and the professional practice of Social Work at HUPAA/UFAL beyond welfare activities.