O serviço social no núcleo de apoio à saúde da família

This article presents, in an approximate way, the results of a survey carried out on Social Work in Primary Health Care, with emphasis on professional performance in the Family Health Support Centers (NASFs) in the Federal District. The research, with a qualitative basis, aimed to know the attributions, competences and working conditions of social workers in this socio-occupational space, taking as a starting point the intensification and precarious processes of professional practice, especially in a context of neoliberal offensive, measures of austerity and fiscal adjustment, with the adoption of minimalist, focused and assistentialist policies in dealing with the expressions of the “social issue”.