Social protection institutions specialists’ socio-psychological work with vulnerable categories of the population

When studying a personality, psychological science allows a social protection specialist to identify the motives of behavior and life, goals, interests, ideals, character traits, inclinations and habits. The article reveals the relevance, as well as the features of the socio-psychological work of specialists from social protection institutions with vulnerable categories of the population. It should be noted that the relevance of the problem of state support for vulnerable categories of the population in modern Russia makes it necessary to study this process in more detail and comprehensively, to identify its socio-economic essence. The article defines the purpose, object and subject of the study, formulates the tasks, selects research methods. Psychology provides a comprehensive presentation of the socio-psychological phenomena inherent in a socially vulnerable group in general and a particular representative of this group. Knowledge of the psychological foundations of social protection allows a specialist to form the most appropriate approaches to identifying and studying families, individuals in need of social protection and support, to assessing their psychological capabilities to restore full-fledged life in society, to interpreting the nature of the various impact factors on the human psyche.

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