NATIONAL MINORITY AS AN OBJECT OF SOCIAL WORK: THEORETICAL ASPECT

Abstract

Ukrainian social and political events taking place in the current conditions laid the foundations for fundamental changes in the process of regulating the ethnic and political life of society. The process of European integration, which acquired clear outlines after the ratification of the Association Agreement between Ukraine and the European Union, strengthened the process of rethinking the forms of international relations in the country on the basis of a liberal-humanist paradigm based on personal freedom and ensuring the full status of each individual. The implementation of these ideas in real life involves the development and implementation at the national level of a set of organizational, legal, informational, technical, political and other measures to improve the situation of national minorities. The purpose of the article is to analyze the basic characteristics of the concept of "national minority" and to emphasize the main tasks of social work in the process of improving the well-being of clients of other nationalities. Research methods used in this study can be characterized as analytical, systematic analysis, historical, comparative method. The conducted theoretical research allows us to draw the following conclusions. The issue of terminology in the field of studying national minorities is quite seriously developed in Ukraine. Taking into account the achievements of domestic and foreign scientists, we can talk about a thorough study of the current state of international relations. Social work plays an important role in solving issues related to improving the well-being of national minorities in Ukraine, as one of the means of solving the multifaceted problems of representatives of national minorities and a tool for implementing social policy. Expanding the knowledge and practical skills of specialists in the field of social work, revealing their main characteristics, introducing advanced methods into practice is one of the urgent problems of social work today.