SOCIAL WORK IN THE MILITARY (FORCES): DIRECTIONS AND FUNCTIONS OF SOCIAL-PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSISTANCE

The article shows that due to the war in Ukraine, social changes that have occurred over the past decade, the importance of expanding social work, social protection and assistance is growing, and specifically -the increasing importance of military social work.Modern military conditions require an understanding of social work as a kind of specialized type of social activity that helps to find a way to fullfledged assistance, spiritual recovery of those who are related to the army and need social protection.The purpose of the article is to determine the subject, specifics and functions of social work in the army (forces).The study determined that the subject of social work is a system of coordinated, purposeful organizational, legal and educational measures carried out by state institutions, military leadership, military management bodies and officials of the armed forces, public organizations, and aimed at social service to a person in need, at the implementation of the rights and privileges established by law for persons involved in the army, at the implementation of social support for this specific group of the population.It is shown that social work with military personnel is a professional activity and academic discipline aimed at supporting, protecting and assisting people, families or communities who are in difficult life circumstances, on the formation, development, and implementation of charity in the army, on the organization of social service and the provision of appropriate social assistance to a military personnel, as well as to everyone who has or had a certain relationship with the defense of the Fatherland.The tasks of professional social activity are defined as: organizing and exercising influence on servicemen in order to socialize them in the military environment, ensuring the optimal entry of a soldier into the military collective; ensuring the improvement of the social military environment for the benefit of the serviceman; optimizing the interaction of servicemen and the social military environment, a Журнал «Наукові інновації та передові технології» № 2(54) 2026