VOLUNTEERING AS A COMPONENT OF THE TRAINING OF THE FUTURE SOCIAL WORKER (SOCIAL AND CULTURAL WORK)

Abstract

The social security of the state, namely the social security of people, is a key factor in its stability and further development. However, limited resources, existing state structures and organizations cannot always fully ensure and support the desired level of social security in the state. That is why the search and use of new approaches to ensuring social security is an important task of state policy. Volunteering can be an important component of social security of the state in the conditions of today's challenges, and young people are the most active category in the process of volunteering.The concept of volunteering and involvement of volunteers is revealed, the state of volunteering among young people in Vinnytsia region and in Ukraine in general is highlighted. The spontaneous growth of volunteering in the student community determines the recognition of volunteering as an effective tool for socialization and self-realization; Volunteer activity provides the most valuable practical experience, meeting new people and new interesting places. Participation in volunteer projects, exhibitions, seminars-workshops, cultural and artistic events helps to improve a wide variety of skills – professional, the ability to manage projects, be communicative and stress-resistant, solve tasks in a team, form emotional intelligence, competitiveness and leadership qualities of young people. In order to find effective ways of involving young people in volunteering, legislative documents, theoretical and practical materials were analyzed. The article analyzes the theoretical aspects of the development of the volunteer movement, the formation of social work as a separate branch of science, the creation and implementation of the idea of expanding the social sphere, building a civil society which involves focusing on the priorities of spirituality and morality. The experience of training young people for volunteer work in the Vinnytsia Regional Center for Folk Art was revealed.