The essence and structure of the individual and psychological willingness of specialists in the social sphere to work with vulnerable categories of the population

The article, based on the analysis of scientific literature, theoretically substantiates the essence and structure of the individual and psychological willingness of specialists in the social sphere to work with vulnerable categories of the population. It has been established that the individual and psychological willingness of social sphere specialists to work with vulnerable categories of the population is a unique, inimitable combination of physiological, mental and psychological qualities of the individual, which determines the individual lifestyle and allows effective professional activity. Vulnerable categories of the population are that part of the human community of a particular society, which during this period of time or on an ongoing basis has the highest risk of falling into difficult life circumstances due to the influence of adverse external or internal factors and needs help, support and protection from the state, state and non-state bodies, institutions and organizations, as it is unable to provide itself with the necessary conditions for existence without outside help. The structure of the individual and psychological willingness of social sphere specialists to work with vulnerable categories of the population has been determined as a dynamic combination of two components: psychophysiological (abstractness, criticality, flexibility and creativity of thinking; emotional stability; strong-willed determination) and psychological (tolerance, communicativeness, reflexivity and other personality qualities).