Abstract

GIL-RIOS, Ana María. Professional Intervention by Social Workers from the Universidad del Quindío, Colombia. Epistemological, Methodological and Ethical-Political Issues. Prospectiva [online]. 2022, n.33, pp.235-258.  Epub Jan 01, 2022. ISSN 0122-1213.  https://doi.org/10.25100/prts.v0i33.11443.

The study analyzes the intervention processes that Social Workers, graduated from the Universidad del Quindío, carry out with diverse communities in the region. We sought to build knowledge collectively with the actors who participated in the process using a qualitative methodology supported by critical, intercultural and decolonial theories. For this reason, a horizontal relationship was established among all the participants and an attempt was made to consolidate a learning community in which all were assumed as subjects of knowledge. The investigative process was composed of six cycles or moments, from the formation of the research team, to the socialization and dissemination of the findings. It was identified that professionals, at the epistemological-theoretical level, tend to locate themselves in a comprehensive and critical matrix for their intervention, make use of a theoretical-conceptual plurality and in turn question and problematize the theory and recognize the knowledge that emerges from the context. In methodological terms, they favor participation, play and experience, as well as generic methods for their intervention. With regard to the ethical-political dimension, they refer to ethical principles and dilemmas, they construct a notion of the subject for the intervention, and they offer clues for the reflection of the professional political project. The need to strengthen the production of endogenous knowledge of the profession in favour of strengthening the discipline.

Keywords : Social Work; Professional intervention; Theoretical-epistemological, Metodological and Ethical-political dimension.

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