Scientific Reflection on Scientific Competencies Spectrum of Graduates in Specialty 231 "Social Work"

Decentralization and democratization of public and state relations affects today’s social work in Ukraine. Universities should be the source which with the help of social partnership can change the status of a future social worker. The purpose of the article is to study social partnership as a tool for training social workers in higher education. The study used the analysis of educational and methodological practice of professional development of social work on the basis of social dialogue at universities. Teaching the discipline "Social Partnership" for students majoring in "Social Work" must be consistent with the requirements of the time, which are set before higher education. First, it is the importance of the transition of higher education institutions to formal partnerships with employers, which would include the training of professionals needed for the social services market. Secondly, the fixation of the "teacher – student" partnership in the syllabus as a reflection of the agreement on the organization of the educational process in the specialty "social work" and other specialties inthe humanities cycle. Thirdly, it is necessary to actively involve scientific and scientific-pedagogical staff in the study of the mechanism of social procurement and to ensure its proper understanding and use by practicing specialists in our country. Among other important factors there are consideration of social partnership as an integrative quality of personality, which allows to interconnect the interests of different groups of socially divided society and develops in students through the acquisition of relevant knowledge and skills, the formation of attitudes to the world. These factors form the basis for claiming that teaching partnership is both a process of learning to use this tool in social services, and its use in the educational process. The tools for training future social workers include the development of a system of active civic participation, support for student participation in the case movement, social order, and the syllabus of the discipline.

Social Partnership as a Tool for University Training of Social Workers

Kuzmina

Masiuk

Kuzmin

et al. 2021

Development of Social Competency of Medical Specialists in the System of Postgraduate Education

Kharkivskyi

2021

The analysis of foreign and domestic scientists' researches on the problem of research, namely, on the development of personal competency, development of social competency, development of social competency of medical specialists in particular, was carried out. It was found out that the problem of the development of social competence of medical specialists in the system of postgraduate education was little researched, therefore, the need for the study of this issue arose. A number of interpretations of such concepts as competence, competency and social competency by foreign and domestic scientists was analyzed. The author highlights the difference between the concepts of "competence" and "competency". The author's interpretation of the following concepts is presented: "competence", "competency", "social competency" and "social competency of medical specialists". The components of social competency of healthcare professionals in the system of post-graduate education are analyzed, including cognitive, value, behavioral; motivational-volitional, cognitive, organizational-activational as offered by L. Lymar. The author has adapted the system of principles of social competency according to N. Zobenko to the topic of research. Thus, the principles of social competency of medical specialists in the system of postgraduate education are reflected: they are fundamentalization, consistency, scientificity, and accessibility. The following elements of social competency structure of medical specialists in the system of postgraduate education were analyzed: communicative, socio-operative, socio-psychological, personal. The characteristic traits, which a specialist of medical sphere should possess in order to develop social competency, were revealed: they are humanity, tolerance, optimism, openness, responsibility, tolerance, skills to solve conflicting and unpredictable tasks, self-control, self-criticism and self-improvement. The favorable conditions for the qualitative development of social competency of specialists in the field of postgraduate education are identified. Generalization of the research results is carried out through the illuminated possibilities of development of social competency of medical specialists in the system of postgraduate education (taking into account psychological and sociological scientific knowledge in the development of educational programs for the training of medical professionals, use of various forms and methods of work, application of methods of self-education of medical specialists).

Development of Tolerance of Newly Arrived Employees of Social Service Bodies on the Basis of Managerialism

Штефан

2022

The scientific and methodical article outlines the peculiarities of the implementation of the principles of new social management in the conditions of social service agencies.An example of one of the tasks of the personnel service of a local self-government body is given, namely: the development of tolerant communication skills of employees at the stage of their professional adaptation.Provisions on the adaptation of newly arrived employees and a plan for the adaptation period are defined as tools for the implementation of this task.The purpose of the article is to reveal the stages of implementation of the program of professional adaptation of newly arrived employees of social service agencies, which was developed by means of the specified tools with the use of social management approaches in the social service of citizens. In the presented study, a three-stage adaptation program for new employees of social service agencies was tested and verified: the first stage involves preparatory measures, which are carried out primarily by the mentor and the staff of the authority and begins even before the newly arrivedemployee starts work;the second stage lasts during the first week of work.It involves active observation and adoption of the mentor's experience;the third stage lasts for up to one month and is accompanied by the acquisition by the newly arrived employee of the skills of tolerant professional behavior thanks to a number of complex measures involving the entire staff of the relevant authority in the adaptation process.The included observation carried out by us (criteria: "patience in communication", "ability to carefully listen to the client", "politeness", "ability to prevent the occurrence of conflicts", "readiness to interact with clients through the administration website", "active consultation in chats of various administration messengers») revealed positive dynamics in manifestations of the tolerant attitude of administration specialists towards clients.