A prática do empoderamento no Rendimento Social de Inserção

Abstract

The present dissertation has as theme the practice of Empowerment in Social Insertion Income (SII) and as objective, to analyze the strategies of social intervention, aimed at promoting the empowerment and integration of the beneficiaries of this measure on a basis of empowerment of individuals. The choice of the theme follows motivations of personal level, since the researcher is connected directly to the SII, and secondly, because it is a current topic and research on this topic is scarce. Empowerment is an intervention capable of enhancing personal, social, educational and professional skills of the beneficiaries and from them, they conduct their own lives in a perspective of change. It matters to realize in what way these beneficiaries can empower themselves from the measure and how empowerment can help them in improving their living conditions. This study started with the documental and bibliographical research, in order to make a survey of the bibliography, for a review of the existing literature on the subject. This is a qualitative analysis, of exploratory approach, with the selected case study method, which allows us a better understanding of the phenomenon to be analyzed. As an instrument of data collection, we opted for the semi-structured interview to seven professionals who perform Social Service care / social care in the SII area.

Date of Award	15 Jul 2014
Original language	Portuguese
Awarding Institution	Universidade Católica Portuguesa
Supervisor	Margarida Clara Oliveira dos Santos Soares Silva (Supervisor) & Alexandra Patrícia Lopes Esteves (Co-Supervisor)