Keyword: «social work»

The article examines the methodology of interpretation of the concept of "social policy", confirms the importance of social policy as a factor determining the content and focus of professional training of specialists in the social sphere, and also provides the results of a comparative analysis of Chinese and Russian social practices.

This article discusses the concept of professional deformation, provides a classification of professional deformations. The features of the professional activity of social services specialists are analyzed in the context of their influence on the development of professional deformations. The analysis of the conse-quences of the professional activities of social services specialists for the individual is carried out, and ways of preventing professional deformities are considered.

The specifics of social innovations and the need to determine their quality are considered. The substantial part of social innovation is analyzed on the example of the introduction of a long-term care system.