Keyword: «history of social work»

The article examines the history of social work as a factor influencing the formation of professionally significant qualities in future social work specialists. The professionally significant qualities of social workers necessary for the successful performance of professional activity are analyzed. An attempt is made to substantiate the need to study the history of social assistance and support as a factor in the development of moral and ethical qualities of young specialists in social work.

The article considers social perceptions of well-being in various historical periods. The ideas of happiness of an individual and society in different countries are analyzed within the framework of a historical retrospective. The main theories about well-being that prevail in one or another period of time are given.