A proteção social para população em situação de rua: um estudo sobre o trabalho social no Sistema Único de Assistência Social no município de Toledo/PR

Abstract

The research developed for this dissertation focuses on the provision of social assistance ser-vices within the Unified Social Assistance System (SUAS) in the municipality of Toledo, Para-ná, for the Homeless Population (PSR). This research sought to answer the following guiding question: Are the demands presented by the homeless incorporated and met by the ser-vices/programs and projects, through the social work of the technical team, within the scope of the SUAS? The research aimed to analyze the access (or lack thereof) to social assistance rights of the homeless population in the municipality of Toledo, Paraná, guided by the problematiza-tion of the emergence and consolidation of the homeless population within the capitalist mode of production and its constitution; contextualization of the process of formulating the National Policy for Homeless People and its interface with the National Social Assistance Policy (PNAS); identification of the demands for social protection within the scope of the SUAS of the homeless population; and understanding of the social work developed by the SUAS reference team: The relationship between the demands presented by homeless people and the acquisitions guaranteed as social assistance rights. This is a qualitative, exploratory study. Field research was used as the primary source, with semi-structured interviews and questionnaires as data collection instruments, followed by documentary research and a literature review as secondary sources. The subjects of this research are the SUAS reference teams. The research concluded that social assistance security is partially ensured within the social assistance and intersectoral network, as weaknesses in the intersectoral network were identified, as well as the existence of cultural bar-riers, such as prejudice and stigma, which impact access to and continuity of services. Regard-ing the social assistance network, access to other services is sometimes hampered by bureaucrat-ic obstacles, which act as barriers that delay or prevent the realization of the right to adequate and comprehensive care.