CURRENT DIRECTIONS OF TRAINING SOCIAL WORKERS TO WORK WITH WAR VETERANS WHO HAVE PTSD AS A CONSEQUENCE OF PARTICIPATION IN COMBAT ACTIONS

Abstract

The article considers important areas of training of social workers for effective interaction with war veterans with PTSD. Through the prism of defined areas of work with this category of clients, an analysis of educational and organizational resources for the training of specialists was carried out. The goal of the work. Outline of current areas of work and professional roles of social workers and evaluation of available educational and organizational resources, which ensure the formation of appropriate competences of specialists necessary for effective interaction with veterans who have PTSD as a result of participation in combat operations. Methodology. Achieving the set goal is ensured by the use of methods of theoretical analysis, as well as the method of document analysis, namely, professional educational programs for bachelors in the specialty 231 "Social work". Scientific novelty. The directions of social work with war veterans were substantiated and supplemented, taking into account the specifics of the condition and needs of military personnel with PTSD, the professional roles of specialists in interaction with clients, who are representatives of the specified group, were defined and characterized. Proposals have been put forward to improve the system of training social workers at the level of educational institutions and organizations of the social sphere. Conclusions. War veterans with PTSD are a difficult client group. Social work with this group should be comprehensive and include social-psychological, medical-social, social-pedagogical and informational components. The following professional roles of social workers were updated: therapist, facilitator, consultant, mentor, coordinator (manager), teacher. So far, general training cannot fully ensure the formation and development of up-to-date skills in specialists, necessary for working with veterans with PTSD. However, specialists feel such a need in their work. Modernization of the system of professional training of future specialists and training/upgrading of the qualifications of already working social workers should take place.