The aim of this article is to do a critical reading of the curriculum guidelines for the graduation course in Social Work, as they are enrolled in the current history of the Brazilian society, and they also result both from historical and social determinants and from the professionals' action. Its contemporary advances, impasses and challenges are pointed too. The emphasis is on the articulation between the social worker's training and work, focusing on the changes in the public policies for the graduation courses, and in the labor market in times of crisis of the capital under the aegis of finance.
Social Work in Brazil; Graduation course; Training in Social Work