Política de assistência social e povos indígenas: limites e possibilidades para trabalho social com famílias

Abstract

The aim of this article is to present the gap between legal directives and the equitable realization of social assistance directed to indigenous people. We know that these people present in their culture, different forms of experiences, organizations and traditional manifestations, being crucial to the realization of public policies consistent with their desires and needs. Our analyses were based on the indigenous peoples of the Northeast, specifically those belonging to the Pitaguary ethnicity, located in Maracanaú-CE. We support this study through bibliographical, documentary and field research; as well as the analysis of the interviews conducted with professionals of the Service of Protection and Integral Care to the Family (SPICF) of the Referral Center for Social Assistance (RCSA) Pitaguary; and with indigenous leaders and users belonging to the said ethnicity. In this article, we also identify that social work with families presents itself as an important part in the materialization of social assistance, and it is fitting to act equally in the spaces in which it is demanded. However, the contemporary scenario has intensified the dismount of social policies, being the policy of social assistance in the eye of the hurricane, disting it more and more from its full and equitable realization.