Abstract

FONSECA, Patrícia Nunes da et al. Institutional care of children: evaluation of physical structure, functioning and team of professionals. Psicol. Conoc. Soc. [online]. 2020, vol.10, n.3, pp.48-62.  Epub Dec 01, 2020. ISSN 1688-7026.  https://doi.org/10.26864/pcs.v10.n3.4.

In Brazil, about thirty-five thousand children and adolescents are in host institutions because they are in a state of vulnerability, which reveals the dimension of the social problem. Given this reality, the present study aimed to investigate the extent to which a host institution offers an environment and a team of professionals that meet the standards established by the relevant legislation. Ten employees from a host house participated and responded to a structured interview. Through observation, a questionnaire was filled out about the institution's physical structure and functioning routine. The results revealed that the host institution did not have physical structure totally adequate to the needs of the children and the educators were not trained to offer the service they were proposing. It is concluded that there is a need for greater inspection of these institutions by competent bodies and studies that promote the guarantee of fundamental rights and a better quality of life for the children who are taken in.

Keywords : Children; vulnerability; host institution; professionals.

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