RETROSPECTIVE ANALYSIS OF INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE IN THE TRAINING OF SOCIAL WORKERS

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Abstract.The article is devoted to the establishment and development of vocational training of social workers abroad and in Russia on the basis of comparative-historical, systematic, social and personal approaches. Russian society reforms and its movement to a qualitatively new state has created a kaleidoscope of diverse but equally bleak crisis phenomena, which has made acute social problems, the need to establish an effective system of social protection and support for marginalized population. Therefore, social work as a profession is a response to the request.The appeal to the American and British experience of theoretical and practical training of specialists of the social sphere, the analysis
of the content of their training is due to the fact that these countries have 100 years’ experience in this area. Historically, social work arose from the immediate practical steps to ensure the well-being of life, helping people, both material and moral. According to researchers, charity was one of the most important virtues. In ancient Rome and ancient Greece a tradition of outdoor dining on the occasion of any major festivals or public events was not an exceptional thing. Such traditions were not strangers in Christianity either.At the turn of XIX - XX centuries the need for professionals, people
who could give qualified assistance - moral, psychological, material began to realize.In the early 20th century, especially after the First World War, the further development of social work as a professional activity was directly related to the growing industrialization as well as the women's movement for emancipation.After the Second World War, education in the field of social work developed in parallel and in accordance with the social security system. An important stage in the development of social workers was the appearance of new schools and the rehabilitation of the old ones after the collapse of the socialist system in 1989-1991.In today's global European experience in the training of social work teachers and social workers are extremely varied and difficult to generalize. In a number of countries, training is conducted on the advanced programs, which consist of individual courses in various
disciplines and provide participants the opportunity to improve professional skills.Moreover, today the American and British models of training of experts in social sphere are used as the most versatile and those meet the expectations of society and the capabilities of the profession. In a global world and internationalization it is important to study and use foreign experience f in our country. Taking into account global trends is one of the principles of the modernization of the national vocational education. The source material on selected issues of psychological and pedagogical aspects of the objectives, forms and methods of professional education are revealed by foreign and Russian contemporary
researchers.
Keywords: social protection, social work, social worker, professional training, professional activities, practical activities, charity, mercy, School of Social Work, the democratization of society.