Abstract:
This article analyzes the Brazilian Social Service at the entrance of the century, reflecting on the changes of contemporary capitalism and its implications for employment. It aims to discuss how social workers has positioned itself in the theoretical and practical plan / interventional and ethical-political / organizational in an attempt to address the current reality, to defend its values and respond as salaried workers with intellectual status, the requirements imposed by capitalist society and social needs of social subjects.
Keywords:
Neoliberalism of the century; Social Work; Professional work; Labor market; Health organizations; Self-employed status