O profesional da psicoloxía convértese en imprescindíbel na atención e apoio á persoa, á familia, á comunidade, no contexto dun equipo multidisciplinar, para poder falar de atención integral. Para un desenvolvemento persoal íntegro precisamos interaccionar co entorno e ir adaptándonos ao mesmo, os recursos psicolóxicos que cada un posúa, as súas capacidades cognitivas, a vivencia subxectiva do seu mundo, o sentido de pertenza a un grupo, entre outras, van predicir en grande medida o éxito de tales adaptacións.
Ámbitos de actuación dos psicólogos/as no eido social son a intervención coa comunidade, temas referidos á familia e infancia, específicos da muller, xuventude, minorías sociais e inmigración, a vellez e cooperación para o desenvolvemento sen esquecer as deficiencias, discapacidades e minusvalías. Aquí descríbense tarefas e funcións deste profesional.
The professional of social psychology becomes essential in order to pay attention to person, family, community in a context of a multidisciplinary team to talk about care.
For getting a full personal development we need interplaying with our environment and going to adapt ourselves into it, psychological resources which each of us have, cognitive skills, subjective experiences of the world, the sense of belonging to a group, among others, will provide a large extent the success of such adaptations. Areas of activity of psychologists in social issues are those in the intervention with the community, subjects listed the family and children, specific women´ s, youth, social minorities and immigration, old age and development cooperation, without forgetting the deficiencies, disabilities and disabled. Here, tasks and functions of this professional are traced.