A formação do/a educador/a social que atua em instituições de acolhimento: um estado da arte (2009-2019)

State-of-the-art situation on the formation of social educators in care institutions within the 2009-2019 period is provided. Research works were mapped at databases of scientific journals of the Coordination for the Upgrading of Personnel in Higher Institutions (Capes) and on publication platforms of online Scielo and Google Scholar. Keywords social educator, Care Institutions, Human Rights and Social Pedagogy were employed. Results show the need for further research on the formation of social educators since Law 5346, published in 2009, also proposing the professional regulation of social education in Brazil, still needs discussion and approval by Parliament. Research works focused in current paper maintain a dialogue with legislation discussed by the authors and forward in-depth investigation on the formation of social educators and work in care institutions.