The article is devoted to highlighting the features of practical training of future specialists in the social sphere, highlighting practical experience and problematic points in the training of social pedagogues, social workers. An analysis of the latest research and publications on the content of the professional training of future specialists in the social sphere in Ukraine was carried out. Presented are modern approaches to the implementation of practical training of students of higher education institutions, namely, future specialists in the socionomic sphere. The educational and professional programs «Social pedagogy» training specialists of the specialty 231 Social work of higher education institutions of Ukraine were developed, in particular, the practical training of students in the modern conditions of such institutions of higher education was analyzed: Kharkiv National Pedagogical University named after H.S. Skovorody, Zhytomyr Ivan Franko State University, Khmelnytskyi National University, Zaporizhia National University. The conditions of students' readiness to undergo practice in social institutions have been characterized, and it has been determined that practical training is aimed at the acquisition of professional and general competencies by students of higher education. Attention is focused on the importance of adapting the tasks of practical training of students of higher education in the socio-economic sphere to the conditions of the introduction of martial law. As an example, a number of organizations that can be the main bases of practice for students of the specialty 231 Social work under the educational and professional program «Social pedagogy» are given. The content of the practice, which is determined by the leading types of activities that ensure the realization of the professional functions of a social sphere specialist, is outlined. The main types of students' activities during practical training in institutions are specified.