El trabajo social en la promoción de derechos en niños, niñas y adolescentes en la Unidad Educativa Ponce Enríquez período 2023

Abstract

Children and adolescents, recognized as a priority group, have faced various challenges throughout history that affect their well-being and development. Consequently, this research examines how the deficient promotion of rights leads to a lower awareness and understanding of these rights, both among young people themselves and in society in general. Therefore, it is essential that within the institutions there are professional accompaniments that seek to guide students in situations of rights violations, and that in turn know how to address the challenges based on interventions given through prevention strategies. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to determine the level of knowledge that students of the "Ponce Enriquez" Educational Unit have about the rights of children and adolescents, as well as to provide information about the routes that exist in case of violation and the legal regulations that protect this population group, whether at the national or international level. In this context, the relevance of the staff of the student counseling department and particularly the social worker in terms of intervention in situations in which the rights of children and adolescents are compromised is also highlighted. For this reason, the present work defines professional intervention strategies to prevent and remedy the limited knowledge of the rights of children and adolescents. Therefore, to determine the problem, the research was conducted with a mixed approach, in which the survey was used to determine the level of knowledge of students about the subject and how the social worker can intervene with information, through bibliographical research and the implementation of the legal framework, which was based on legal standards such as: The United Nations Children's Fund, Constitution of the Republic of Ecuador, Code of Children and Adolescents, National Council for Children and Adolescents, Cantonal Council for Children and Adolescents and Cantonal Board for the Protection of Rights and Community Ombudsmen for Children and Adolescents. The results allowed the development of a proposal that was determined as "Informative visual material" in order to awaken the interest of the young students of the educational community, which in turn will give a significant strengthening of learning through the activities that were put into practice. The intervention helps students to identify their rights, routes and the laws that protect them. It should be noted that the social worker in the field of promotion plays a fundamental role, as he/she works tirelessly to ensure the welfare and protection of children and adolescents.