Social Orphanhood Prevention

Abstract

The article presents a theoretical analysis of scientific sources on solving the problem of social orphanhood prevention. The paper presents the methodological foundations of the problem, analyzes the content of “prevention” in various sources and its use to denote different directions of group and individual interaction policy. The theoretical and practice-oriented features of the development and implementation of social orphanhood prevention in modern conditions have been revealed. The Ukrainian system of social orphanhood prevention is a three-level model of preventive measures of primary, secondary and tertiary prevention. The current practice of social workers’ work to reduce the number of social orphans has been analyzed. The essence of the most effective ones has been revealed. Among the innovative forms of interaction that a social worker / social teacher can use both at the individual level and in group interaction, the following are highlighted: participation in social orphanhood prevention campaigns, trainings, quests, gender equality lessons, a virtual trip to a performance, a virtual trip to another city, creating interest groups on social networks (Facebook and Instagram) and publishing relevant videos on TikTok. The paper identifies priority tasks for social orphanhood prevention and characterizes different levels of interaction between the educational, socio-political and public environment in the implementation of the main prevention models.