- to know the basics of social work as an instrument of social regulation;
- to be able to apply the knowledge gained while working in the social services of different types in administrative processes in the social sphere, in other embodiments of Social Technologies;
- to understand the combination of social work with other instruments of regulating social issues.

prerequisites:
- Theoretical sociology
- Sociology of personality
- Social pedagogy
co-requisites:
- Sociology of deviant behavior,
- Sociology of Youth,
- Special Sociologies,
- Social risks in modern society,
- Social policy in Ukraine.

Social work as a social phenomenon. Development stages Social Work. Social work as a social technology. Social work in the system of tools of social regulation. Place, role and tasks of the sociologist in the social services of various types.

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2. Попович Г. Інституціалізація соціальної роботи в Україні.-Ужгород, 2001.
3. Пейн М. Сучасна теорія соціальної роботи. - К., 2000.
4. Соціальна робота в Україні: перші кроки / Ред. В. Полтавець.- К., 2002.
5. Соціальна робота в Україні / Ред.І.Зверева та Г. Лактіонова.-К., 2004.

- ongoing monitoring: performances with essays on the subject of the course, the verbal questioning (50%)
- final control: written examination in the form of testing (50%)