Trabalho infantil e reflexões sobre a contribuição do Serviço Social

Abstract

This paper addresses the issue of child labor and reflections on the contribution of social service to the production of knowledge, which emerged in the colonial period in Brazilian history. This deeply naturalized situation has only aroused interest for study and debate since the mid-1990s. The objective of this study is to make an exploratory analysis of the issue of child labor, identifying the main forms and strategies for the eradication of child labor. Identifying the public policies involved in dealing with the issue, demonstrating the approach of the professional social worker to early work. The methodology used was based on the foundations of the qualitative documentary study. In this sense, it was evidenced the need to show the historical events, thus making a trajectory until arriving at the current days, the work of the social worker is of paramount importance to the confrontation of early work, where the main actions to confront the issue are concentrated.