Abstract
This article aims to problematize the perceptions of psychologists of a CREAS (Specialised Social Aid Reference Centre)/PAEFI (Protection and Specialised Care Services for Families and Individuals) from the Florianópolis metropolitan area on psychosocial care for children and adolescents in situations of sexual violence. We conducted semi-structured interviews with three psychologists working at CREAS/PAEFI service. The analysis of the interviews was supported by the theoretical and methodological framework of the analysis of discursive practices and production of meanings proposed by Spink and Medrado (2004)Spink, M. J. P., & Medrado, B. (2004). Produção de sentidos no cotidiano: Uma abordagem teórico-metodológica para análise das práticas discursivas. In M. J. Spink (Org.), Práticas discursivas e produção de sentidos no cotidiano: Aproximações teóricas e metodológicas (3a ed., pp. 1-20). Cortez.. We listed the following categories of analysis: a) perceptions on sexual violence against children and adolescents; b) perceptions on psychosocial care; and c) perceptions on work management and strategies for psychosocial interventions. In general, we highlighted that perceptions on sexual violence vary between complex and reductionist understandings; that assuring the Rights Guarantee System for Children and Adolescents and making effective the intersectoral and network management of work is difficult; that the State is absent and/or negligent in contexts of vulnerability; that interventions focus more on families and victims and less on perpetrators of violence; that, despite technical impasses, psychologists act according to the prerogatives of professional practices in the context of SUAS (Single Social Welfare System). We consider that this study can contribute to the expansion of problematizations on psychosocial care, in the context of SUAS, to children and adolescents who are victims of sexual violence.
Keywords:
Sexual violence; Children and adolescents; Psychosocial assistance; Psychology; Social Assistance