Personal Development of Future Social Workers: From Theory to Practice

The relevance of the topic is revealed through the definition of the essence of professional and personal development of future social workers. The author indicates the stages of professional development of an individual, defining this process as long and dynamic at the same time, which involves the individual passing through seven stages: growth; clarification; stages of professional adaptation and stabilization; stages of development of professionalism and pseudo-professionalism; as well as the final stage of post-professionalism. Among the mandatory qualities and skills of a social worker are the following: empathy, psychological competence, delicacy and tact, humanity, mercy, the presence of organizational and communicative abilities, as well as spiritual and moral culture. The article focuses on interactive training of students studying social work, it is indicated that training can be a successful form of training for modern students. Conducting classes in the form of training will allow classroom learning to be brought closer to situations, the course of which can be practiced practically. Training work, as the author emphasizes, has its advantages due to the fact that group interaction of students will allow them to acquire new skills. The training will enable experimentation with different styles of relationships among equal partners, which will be positive in gaining professional experience for the future social worker. It is emphasized that the group is an imprint of society in miniature, where participants in different ways gain the experience of identifying themselves with other people.