RESOURCE PROVISION IN THE FIELD OF SOCIAL ASSISTANCE IN THE CONDITIONS OF NEW SOCIAL RISKS
RESOURCE PROVISION IN THE FIELD OF SOCIAL ASSISTANCE IN THE CONDITIONS OF NEW SOCIAL RISKS

Summary/Abstract: The purpose of this study was to identify the main ways to provide social assistance to restore the resource potential of victims of emergencies (military conflicts, the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, etc.), as well as to highlight the features oftraining future specialists in the social sphere to deal with new social risks. The study used methods of scientific analysis andgeneralization, as well as comparing the experience of domestic and foreign researchers and social practitioners who workedwith vulnerable contingents in overcoming the consequences of emergencies. The focus is on generalizing the results of theexperience of training future specialists in the social sphere to work within an environment of new social risks. Based on theconducted research, it was concluded that for the professional activity of social sector specialists in resource provision in theconditions of new social risks, it is important to direct social assistance to restore the physical, mental and social health ofpeople at all six levels of health, taking into account the peculiarities of their age, social status, as well as ethnic features andthe context of the social problem. The main directions of relevant social work with victims of emergency situations have beendefined: work on strengthening the family’s potential, establishment of useful social connections in a new environment, theuse of art therapy practices to normalize the psychosomatic state of clients, the use of ethnocultural means to increase thepossibilities of social adaptation in new conditions. Very important in the preparation of future specialists for the relevant workis the practice-oriented training on the basis of specialized social institutions working with victims in emergency situations, aswell as mastering special techniques of self-development and professional self-improvement to increase one’s own resourcepotential.

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