RESEARCH OF POLYVECTOR ACTIVITY OF THE CENTER OF SOCIAL SERVICES FOR THE FAMILY, CHILDREN AND YOUTH AS A SUBJECT OF SOCIAL WORK

The socio-economic development of Ukraine is accompanied by a number of contradictions and difficulties, involving the displays of social policy mechanisms to protect and support people in difficult life circumstances. The complex work is to become an effective tool for the implementation of constitutional rights and freedoms of citizens of Ukraine in terms of social security. The purpose of the study − to highlight the structural elements of the system of social services of Ukraine, in particular, the centers of social services for families, children and youth as a center for social work implementation. Another task – to prove the validity of the Center’s multi-vector activities by analyzing the documents of the Khmelnytskyi City Center for Social Services for Families, Children and Youth. Social services are differentiated as a form of social work of the network of social work bodies, whose professional activity is aimed at implementing the state social policy for socially vulnerable groups of people to support their livelihoods. Based on practical data, we emphasized the effectiveness of multidisciplinary work of social workers in the application of an interdisciplinary form of work, helping individuals to overcome difficult life circumstances. A number of institutions (Khmelnytskyi City Center for Work with Children and Adolescents at the place of residence, Khmelnytskyi City District Department of the State Institution «Probation Center», Khmelnytskyi City Employment Center, Juvenile Prevention Department of the Headquarters of the National Police of Khmelnytskyi region, Remand Prison, the Service for Children of the Khmelnytskyi City Council) habe been characterised, which make up the system of social services, the Center for Social Services for Families, Children and Youth including (example of Khmelnytskyi). The areas of work (individual and group counseling, informational and educational work in educational institutions, social and preventive work with different categories of clients, psychological and motivational work, social support, advertising and information activities in the social sphere) have been disclosed proving the sufficiently high level of efficiency of institution polyvector activity.