Reflexiones acerca de la especificidad del Trabajo Social con familias, un asunto de permanente debate

Abstract

In this article, the results of a research report will be shown, this research report made it possible to recognize the professional specificity of Social Work in the intervention with families through information collected in the research “Professional Specificity of Social Work in the interdisciplinary intervention with families in Emerging dynamics: Reading from the knowledge and practices of six academic units in Colombia”, in which the Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana de Medellín and five other academic units from Colombia participated. A conceptual theoretical tracking and information gathering was carried out through interviews with graduates and a focus group with Social Work teachers, where topics such as the notion of Social Work, the understanding of Social Work with families and the professional specificity of Social Work in the intervention with families were addressed, in order to provide theoretical and methodological foundations in the training and intervention processes of professionals in this discipline.