WAYS TO DEVELOP PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES IN SOCIAL WORKERS IN THE CONTEXT OF PROCESSES OF DIGITALIZATION

Abstract

The article studies the development potential of social workers to enhance their professional activity in the context of digitalization era. The relevance of the topic is due to the fact that the development of digital technologies leads to socially significant changes, as well as the fact that the digitalization process has affected all spheres of society at the moment. The article identifies significant aspects of digitalization as a technological, social and legal phenomenon and assesses its potential in the system of social work. The value of considering the development of the professional activity of social workers in the context of digitalization processes is determined by the fact that the ways to use digital technologies in social work have not been sufficiently studied, but the need for their use is beyond doubt. The authors outline the main ways of using digital technologies in the practical activities of specialists and identify the difficulties they may face.