Social Service and disasters: field for knowledge and the professional performance

Abstract:

The article approaches the issue of disasters and Social Service. It aims at including such an issue in the research and intervention agenda of the profession. It reasons that although Social Service has a central posture in the management of vulnerabilities and disasters, it does not discuss the issue enough. In order to do that, the article presents research results about the theoretical debate and Social Service recent production related to disasters in Brazil.

Keywords:
Social Service; Disasters; Vulnerability; Management; Social agenda