Proceso de intervención de los trabajadores sociales de la fundación asociación cristiana de jóvenes (ACJ) de la comuna 14 de Cali, frente al trabajo infanto-juvenil

Abstract

The main objective of this study analyze the social interventions strategies of the professionals in Social Work front of the child- youth labor situation in the Puertas del Sol neighborhood of the commune 14 since the ACJ foundation.

For this purpose, a background search was carried out in which the main finding that served as a breaking point is not having found an investigation that studied the problem in Colombia and directly implicating the Social Work profession.

Regarding the methodological approach, he leaned towards the qualitative research method and the preparation of descriptive study, supported by the design of narrative research. The technique implemented was a semi- structured interview and as a population sample two Social Workers of the ACJ foundation in which the main problem is Child- Youth Work.

Among the findings, is the process of intervention of social workers against child labor, it is a process that is crossed by the institutionality, but it is also reflected the training of the professional, their theoretical position, their reflections that face the problem and its work.

Finally, among the main conclusions, the need for professionals who are open to new perspectives and social constructions is highlighted, which requires the professional to recognize this new horizon, to help build responses that deepenband manage certain problems, in this case in child- youth work.