“…In addition, the legislation does not specify under what regime social work professionals will be hired nor the source of funding for new hires. The problem of unpredictability in social services is a long-standing and well-known issue in Brazil, whereas the formal connection between social workers and public services is essentially unpredictable and insecure (Heitmann, 2017a). According to Ferraz-Silva (2016), social workers are ‘swimming against the tide’ in the country, facing budget cuts, shortages in social welfare policies, job insecurity and scarcity of resources (Santana et al, 2018).…”