La resiliencia como estrategia de intervención del Trabajo Social

Abstract

The research aims to analyze another paradigm regarding the intervention of Social Work, a paradigm that incorporates the resilience approach in the intervention of Social Work with unaccompanied migrant children and adolescents, which has been a subject little addressed. Based on this study with an entirely qualitative approach, an exploratory approach to the object of study is carried out through semi-structured interviews with 11 Social Work professionals who meet the following inclusion criteria; be active in the labor market in the Lago Agrio canton, belonging to the province of Sucumbíos, have expertise in cases involving unaccompanied migrant children and adolescents and have a Social Work title. The results show the Social Work professional, as the main reference for intervention with people in the context of human mobility, especially unaccompanied migrant children, and adolescents, to whom it provides support and advice in resolving their problems in the adaptation process. that they are going through. Strategies and tools that promote resilient processes in unaccompanied migrant children are incorporated into their professional practice. Likewise, there are marked differences in terms of the form of intervention carried out by professionals who work in State entities and those who work in non-governmental organizations. It concludes by highlighting the potential of the resilience approach for all professionals in social intervention, since it promotes the well-being, autonomy, and empowerment of the rights of its users, corresponding to the good practice used in each of the interventions in response. of the specific needs that unaccompanied migrant children and adolescents require. As a proposal to address a resilience approach in professional intervention in cases of unaccompanied migrant children and adolescents, we proceed to design an intervention protocol aimed at promoting resilient processes in this population, through individual, group and community activities.