International Research Journal of Management, IT & Social Sciences Available online at https://sloap.org/journals/index.php/irjmis/ Vol. 4 No. 3, May 2017, pages: 13~21 ISSN: 2395-7492 https://sloap.org/journals/index.php/irjmis/article/view/463 13 Social Work and Follow up to Graduates at the Universidad Tecnica de Manabi Leila Alava Barreiro a Fabian Gustavo Menendez Menendez b Eva Alcivar Medranda c Karol Liceth Pico Sornoza d Article history: Abstract Received: 18 January 2016 Accepted: 30 March 2017 Published: 31 May 2017 The article presents an analysis of social work in the areas of health, education and social protection, exposing the role that should characterize social work professionals in the areas analyzed. It is characterized by the analysis of data related to the province of Manabí and especially to the city of Portoviejo. Some results related to the follow-up activities for graduates at the Universidad Tecnica de Manabí are presented, based on documentation investigated by the Monitoring Committee for Graduates and Labor Insertion of the career of Social Work of the university, in relation to the jobs That occupy the professionals and their intervention in the labor field. A survey was applied to 161 social workers who were graduated in the period 1984-2017, the results obtained demonstrate the significant aspects that allowed the graduates to insert themselves in the work to be done finding as more significant aspects to have the title of the career, personality And pre-professional experience. Keywords: education; employment; graduates; health; social; 2395-7492© Copyright 2017. The Author. This is an open-access article under the CC BY-SA license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) All rights reserved. Author correspondence: Leila Alava Barreiro, Graduate in Social Sciences, Universdad Tcnca de Manabi, Portoviejo, Manab, Ecuador Email Address: licethpico24@hotmail.com 1. Introduction Aranda (1990), it is possible to analyze that from the functional point of view, the first vestiges of social work are found in the emergence of the family, since from its bosom emerges a social group created by ties of kinship or marriage present in all the human conglomerates. a Graduate in Social Sciences, Universdad Tecnica de Manabi, Portoviejo, Manabi, Ecuador b Degree in Communication Sciences, with a Masters in Education and Local Development c Degree in Social Work Magister in Education and Social Development d Graduated in Social Work Degree from the Technical University of Manabi Social Work Career brought to you by CORE View metadata, citation and similar papers at core.ac.uk provided by SLOAP - Scientific & Literature Open Access Publishing