Competencias psicosociales en niños y niñas adolescentes en situación de dependencia en la ciudadela Puertas del Sol Machala, 2021

Abstract

The idea of caregiving work, which considers a complex interaction between the material and immaterial facets of protecting and transcends the border of the monetized, by integrating both paid and unpaid work, for this reason, through this degree work, we want to get to know two basic aspects, the first is to analyze and identify the psychosocial competencies that children and adolescents in a situation of dependency must have and to know the role of the social worker; Therefore, it is important to emphasize that although a child or adolescent in a situation of dependency can develop emotions and feelings, just like any other person who is physically and psychologically healthy, the only difference lies in the responsibilities and care that the child must have. Nowadays there are various definitions for social work profession, however, the closest one is in the international concept, they indicate that social work is a practice-based profession and an academic discipline that can promote social change and development, social cohesion, empowerment, and Liberty. The profession of social work is governed to the branch of philanthropy evolving to another way in which society assumes forces to help the most vulnerable sectors, linked to social change, empowerment, and liberation of the population with respect to the reality problem, which negatively affects their daily lives, through the intervention of the social worker must be taken into account that it is governed under a scientific character, through methodological theories or tools that will help the professional. Throughout the social worker has developed and perfected its relationship with these requirements, and raises a number of factors and strategies that will provide and support the various cases of users. With the help of the techniques and tools of the research, we recognize the problems in the Ciudadela Puertas del sol, this helped us to infer about the knowledge of care and the development of competences, as well as the intervention carried out by the social worker. Family support and that of a professional are important to guide a minor, especially when he/she is in a situation of vulnerability, when having these two types of social networks will facilitate the learning process, interaction and motivation of the child or adolescent, since it is important that he/she is physically, mentally and socially well. The evaluation and control proposal of the research focuses directly on meeting the needs of children and adolescents in a situation of dependency, selected after analyzing and identifying the different assessment parameters, on the other hand, the evaluation process is carried out according to the different activities, which will allow us to write a report and draw conclusions. In this work can be proved that the intervention of a professional define the environment in which one is going to work, either individually, family or community, it studies the existing problem and develops different roles to respond and follow up thr present adversities, in this case social workers plays the role of a coordinator, manager and counselor.