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The approach consists of a critical and historical analysis of the development of social work, adopting a methodology based on literature review of the legal frameworks associated with this development, in order to understand and critically expose the contemporary challenges of the profession over the last 25 years.\nIt appears that, in both countries, although marked by different specificities and multidimensional contexts, social work has sought to reaffirm and strengthen its identity, defending especially in Brazil an ethical-political project committed to the working class that guides action (e.g., the promotion of human rights), which has been weakened by the predominance of a neoliberal model generating greater social inequalities, amplifying the expressions of the so-called social question.\nThe current situation, which is highly complex and marked by multiple crises, poses significant challenges to the mission and principles of action of social work. 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