Experiências e desafios do fazer da psicologia em instituições de acolhimento para crianças e adolescentes.

Abstract

This exploratory qualitative research aimed to understand the work developed by psychologists in childcare and shelter institutions and to identify the challenges and the importance of psychology to assist in the care of these subjects. To this end, we focused on a municipal institution for children and adolescents / shelter located in a municipality in the Rio Pardo Valley. Six psychologists who worked on the technical team of the host service in question were interviewed. Semi-structured interviews were used to survey the data, which were analyzed using the Bardin Content Analysis technique (2011) and later categorized. The analyzed results showed that the challenges encountered by psychology professionals are due to specificities in the making of psychology, which is subjectivity, with other fields of knowledge. Thus, there is a need to delineate this knowledge. In the data collected, we also identified other issues that permeate this area of activity, which enabled us to reflect essentially on those who are involved with the reality of children and adolescents welcomed.