CURRENT STATE OF THE SYSTEM OF CHILDREN’S HEALTHCARE AND LEISURE INSTITUTIONS DEVELOPMENT IN UKRAINE

Abstract

The paper substantiates the state of the system of children’s healthcare and leisure institutions development in Ukraine. We can state that today there is a fairly extensive system of institutions that have a certain time frame of functioning (during the calendar year, in the summer), different bases of existence (in general secondary educational institutions, in additional educational institutions, in medical and health centers, bases and complexes, tourist centers), and different profile (healthcare, leisure, education).
 The regulative base of the institutions functioning is characterized. The strategy of branch development, types and forms of activity, principles and directions of work are emphasized. Documents legally regulate their organizational, financial, educational, and cultural components.
 The aim, objectives, directions of public organizations work are covered. The main aim of the public organizations activities in the field of children’s healthcare and leisure institutions is the protection of rights and freedoms, the satisfaction of public, including children’s economic, social, cultural, environmental and other interests. Objectives of organizations include the following ones: defending the rights and freedoms of the process participants, the need to develop educational, methodological, information base, and training of qualified professionals capable of providing a high level of services in the sphere of children’s healthcare and leisure; the development and implementation of innovative technologies for internal and external use; and the development of a system for monitoring and evaluating the work of healthcare and leisure institutions.
 Approaches to the classification of types of institutions are revealed. Features of work of different types of institutions are defined.