Productive models of interaction in the system «social worker – client» building on the basis of the transactional paradigm

Abstract

The purpose of the article is to substantiate the productive models of social interaction in the system «social worker – client» built on the basis of the transaction paradigm. The method of the research is based on theoretical and methodological procedure of the analysis of the problem field from the general to the specific – from outlining the models of interaction built on the basis of the transaction paradigm to the analysis of the peculiarities of realizing these models in real life situations. The results of the research are nine models of social interaction covering all combinations of three ego-states or social-personality roles (the roles of a relative, child and adult).The originality of the scientific results consists in showing that client's life problems can arise within one of the social roles and do not manifest themselves in the second of third role, when a particular life problem can be expressed, generated, and solved only in the sphere of one of the personality roles. At the same time, life problems can also arise at the level of several social roles in the context of their various combinations, which somehow complicates the use of transaction analysis of the sphere of interaction «social worker – client». Conclusions and prospects of the study. Nine models of social interaction are of particular value in the context of the professional training of the prospective workers, which requires the development of a training course «The models of social interaction in the context of transaction paradigm», in which socially-role training can be widely used.