TRAINING IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE OF SOCIAL WORKERS

Abstract

The article reveals current trends in the system of professional development. Current areas of professional development for social workers have been identified. The author notes that practice-oriented training contributes the most to the development of professional competences, expansion of professional outlook, professional skills. The most popular forms, principles and methodological approaches to the organization of advanced training courses for social workers are identified. The features of the course participants who are social workers are defined. Considerable attention is paid to professional competencies that are formed and developed by course participants during training. A set of pedagogical conditions that contribute to the activation of cognitive activity in students of advanced training courses has been identified. The author concludes that practice-oriented training is the most effective for postgraduate training of specialists in advanced training courses.