SOCIAL MANAGEMENT PRACTICES IN THE SOCIAL WORK MANAGEMENT SYSTEM: PROBLEM STATEMENT

Abstract

The article defines the problem field of social and managerial practices in the management system of social work in modern Ukrainian society. Two groups of factors in the formation of a modern model of social work are identified – the processes of globalization and decentralization in Ukraine, and in this aspect, there is a need for the development of a management system for social work, and the category that allows to study its features is social and administrative practices. It has been determined that social management practices are a way of social interaction in the management system of social objects, and in the field of management of social work as a stylistic, socio-psychological and adaptiveinnovative form of management activity of social subjects of management different levels in the field of social work. The study of social and managerial practices in the social work management system will determine: 1) priorities for the development of social management in the field of social work in the context of the formation of an adaptive and effective social policy model; 2) mechanisms for the formation of a model of social work and the principles of social interaction in the practical managers` activities and social services and institutions social workers for the social services provision; 3) value-identification, socio-psychological and style features of management activities in the management system of social work; 4) the regional specifics of management in the social work system in the context of territorial decentralization. Methods used in the study: logical-historical, structural-functional and comparative analysis – to characterize scientific approaches to the definition of “social work”, “social management”, “management of social work”; analysis and synthesis – to conceptualize the definition and principles of social work management; structural and functional analysis – for the features of the social work management at the macro, meso and micro levels, as well as mechanisms for its improvement and development; expert survey – to identify the state and directions of social work management development in Ukraine. The aim of the article is to single out social and managerial practices in the system of social work management depending on the regional specifics in modern Ukrainian society. Social and managerial practices in the system of social work management are determined by regional features and territorial decentralization specifics (which determines the institutional and organizational order of the social work system), so it is important to study the specifics of social and managerial practices of social work management at different levels of social management, regional and local (level of territorial communities). A promising area of further research is the separation of socio-managerial practices at the macro-, meso-, microlevels of social work management and the degree of their reproduction in the management system of social work.