Informal education of specialists working with at-risk teenagers at the facility of the “Compass” day center of the Kharkiv charity foundation “Blago”

This article reveals the problem of continuous training of specialists for work with children at risk, a growing number of which in Ukraine is caused, in particular, by the increase in social risks, caused by the socio-economic instability, uncontrolled population movements in the absence of effecti...

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Main Authors: Oleksandr Mohylka, Marina Tkachenko
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PC Technology Center 2020-01-01
Series:ScienceRise: Pedagogical Education
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Online Access:http://journals.uran.ua/sr_edu/article/view/193409
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Summary:This article reveals the problem of continuous training of specialists for work with children at risk, a growing number of which in Ukraine is caused, in particular, by the increase in social risks, caused by the socio-economic instability, uncontrolled population movements in the absence of effective mechanisms for regulation of migration processes in the interests of national development, a high level of external labor migration of the adult population, reduced educational potential of the family and other social institutions; publishes, develops, and implements at the facility of the day center "Compass" Kharkiv Charitable Foundation "Blago" the system of organizational-methodical and resource support for the training of specialists to provide quality and timely services to adolescent drug users. This article aims to show the effectiveness of the use of modern forms of training specialists in juvenile probation, juvenile prevention, school police officers, teachers and specialists of social-pedagogical service of educational institutions on the example of preparation of specialists to work with at-risk adolescents at the day center "Compass" Kharkiv Charitable Foundation "Blago". Regarding professional development, the team of authors does not have in mind the legal term, but the general increase of the level of knowledge and skills in working with adolescents at risk by professionals, engaged in educational, preventive activities or carrying out social support of adolescents in difficult life circumstances. The creation of such a flexible and sustainable lifelong education, providing advanced training not only to specialists, but also to adolescents and not fully engaged employment groups (unemployed, elderly, students), prepares them for the development and implementation of new social and educational projects, aimed at training juveniles to life in the context of globalization and increasing migration, providing them with samples of the peaceful, orderly behavior, safe for the society. The proposed study can address issues, reduce the effects of labor migration of Ukraine's population in the aspect of reducing the level of social orphanhood, compensation of the pedagogical influence, lacked by children at risk, left without proper parental supervision, it is often the result of the distribution of the phenomenon of labor migration. The development of theoretical aspects of this form of enhancing the pedagogical potential of specialists will facilitate the empowerment of law enforcement and social professionals, probation services, social and psychological services of educational institutions to develop adolescent skills of safe behavior to maintain their sexual and reproductive health. In the future, this will influence the formation of a motivation for adolescents to further their professional development, their self-realization in Ukraine and, as a consequence, the state of the national labor market, while preserving the potential of skilled workers
ISSN:2519-4976
2519-4984