Las felonías del trabajo social. Del asistencialismo, a la academia de papel

Abstract

It could be stated that throughout the history of social work, there have been betrayals and traitors. What could be called the protagonism or professional militancy that fuels such questionable and reprehensible practices as welfare, clientelism, corruption, bulimic education, paper academies, the cult of egos, among various phenomena that distort their own deontological
principles. In this sense, the purpose of this text is to reflect on some controversies, in which social work is reduced to processes of interaction and service. This, beyond promoting an intellectual witch hunt or dogmatic moralism, seeks to identify areas of opportunity for better praxis, accompanied by greater congruence and referential solidity. Therefore, the final intention of this text is to generate intellectual incentives that help us energize our positions, reflections, capacity for self-criticism, but above all, contribute to strengthening our utopias, in the construction of a clearer and more solid identity, which direct us to new leaderships,
so necessary in a planetary era of great challenges.