Social work and working with families : renovation or conservantism?

O objetivo do presente texto ? apontar elementos que caracterizam o trabalho com fam?lias na hist?ria da profiss?o buscando identificar os desafios presentes colocados para uma atua??o que historicamente muda de forma, preservando, no entanto, compromissos sociopol?ticos com o conservadorismo. O artigo aborda a necessidade do aprofundamento cr?tico no debate sobre fam?lias, o trabalho com estas no interior da profiss?o, assim como a necess?ria articula??o, para al?m dos marcos normativos das pol?ticas, com os elementos que constituem o projeto ?tico pol?tico.The objective of the present article is to analyze the work with families throughout history of this profession, aiming to identify the present challenges set to a performance that historically ?changes shape, preserving, however, sociopolitical commitments to conservantism?. The article points to the need to deepen the debate regarding families and the work with those in the profession, as well as the necessary articulation, beyond the policies legal boundaries, with elements which constitute our ethical-political project