Management of the social work system in the conditions of martial law in Ukraine

The Ukrainian people faced the greatest tragedy of the 21st century – a full-scale military attack by the Russian Federation on independent Ukraine, which had already been in a state of hybrid war with Russia for eight years. Over the years, the field of social work has also undergone significant changes, modernization and reform: developed models of social work with new vulnerable categories of the population - forced migrants; a network of social service centers for servicemen and their families was created; the regulatory and legal framework for providing social assistance to both vulnerable categories of the population and participants in hostilities has been improved; a management model of social work and a system of providing social services at the level of territorial communities in the context of the decentralization reform, etc., was initiated and implemented. But on February 24, 2022, the full-scale armed attack of the Russian Federation on Ukraine also affected the functioning of the sphere of social protection of the population, mobilizing the resource potential of the system of social work and social services and reformatting the priorities of providing social assistance and social services, and the Decree of the President of Ukraine "On the introduction of martial law in Ukraine » actualized the need for the formation of an effective model of social work in the conditions of martial law. One of the modern and effective conceptual approaches to practical social work in emergency situations and martial law is the "resilience" approach, the essence of which is the formation of resilience, adaptability to stressful situations, the ability to recover from mental and psychological trauma at the level of the individual, family and communityThe article examines the realities of managing the social work system under martial law in Ukraine. Management of social work consists primarily in the organization of the system of providing social services, which in the Law of Ukraine "On Social Services" are divided into services aimed at: 1) social prevention - preventing the occurrence of difficult life circumstances and/or a person/family falling into such circumstances ; 2) social support – helping a person/family overcome difficult life circumstances; 3) social service – minimization of the negative consequences of difficult life circumstances for the person/family, support of their life activities, social status and inclusion in the community