Trabajo social frente a riesgos psicosociales del personal de dirección de atención prioritaria y desarrollo social-GAD provincial El Oro, 2022

Abstract

Psychosocial risks are those work situations that have a high possibility of harming the health of the worker, whether physically, psychologically, mentally or socially, and even reduce the performance of the workers. Unlike physical or biological risks, psychosocial risks were kept to a minimum in the different regulations regarding the subject because mental health was considered only from a medical perspective. However, this changed when health was assumed from a holistic approach, that is, it was not only a matter of physical conditions, but mental exhaustion, work overload and stress also had an influence on the well-being of patients. workers. The present investigative work carried out in the Gobierno Autónomo Descentralizado Provincial de El Oro of the Machala canton addressed the theme Social Work against psychosocial risks with around 104 workers belonging to the different projects, of which the entire population was worked; applying direct techniques and tools between the object and the subject studied in the degree work. Work activity has been considered as a fundamental pillar in the satisfactory quality of life of people, but at the same time it can be observed how it represents a threat, where it can be subject to irreversible and irreparable damage. In this sense, it is not an easy task to list the psychosocial risks, but the ones that stand out the most are stress, workplace and sexual harassment, workplace violence, and work overload. The social work professional is a professional who, in the business area, seeks to mitigate the various and complex problems that arise today, acting as an agent of change and safeguarding the well-being of people. The purpose of this research work is to identify the intervention of the Social Worker against psychosocial risks and propose an action plan that minimizes them within the public company.