(2023) Science and education, 2, 27-33. Odessa.

Tetiana Zakharina,
PhD (Candidate in Pedagogical Sciences), Associate Professor,
Chernihiv Polytechnic National University,
95, Shevchenko str., Chernihiv, Ukraine,
ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0357-7457

REINTEGRATION OF MILITARY PERSONNEL AS A COMPONENT OF SOCIAL POLICY AND SOCIAL WORK

The article examines the peculiarities of the organization of the social policy of the state on issues of reintegration of military personnel and veterans. The analysis of the leading scientific studies in the field of sociology and psychology was carried out, and the key needs of military personnel as a separate social category were determined. The main problems on the path of reintegration of military personnel into civilian life and the importance of effective reintegration for the well-being of society are revealed. The main recommendations for planning the social policy of the state in the direction of the reintegration of servicemen and veterans have been formed. The results of an empirical study conducted by surveying military personnel who are on rotation or undergoing treatment at the time of the survey are presented. The results of the survey determine the key characteristics of this social group, reveal the level of self-assessment by military personnel of their own social status, quality of life, readiness for civilian life and the need for social support from the state. The purpose of the article is to study the peculiarities of the life system and current problems of servicemen and veterans and to develop, based on them, scientifically based recommendations for improving social policy and planning social work for the reintegration of the specified category of citizens. The main tasks are as follows: to carry out a theoretical-methodological analysis of scientific literature and the legal framework that regulates social policy and determines the directions of social work on the reintegration of military personnel; to study the key characteristics and actual needs of the studied group that determine the features of the social reintegration of servicemen; to offer science-based recommendations for improving social policy and social support measures aimed at ensuring the reintegration of this social group and increasing the level of their adaptability in modern society. Theoretical, empirical and statistical research methods were used to achieve the set goal and solve the problems. The conclusions confirm that the vast majority of servicemen have difficulties with the process of adaptation to civilian life, as they consider leaving the service as a decrease in their own social status. It is noted that servicemen need social support from the state on the way to reintegration into social processes, but they assess the state’s social policy in this direction as insufficiently effective. The novelty of the research consists in the generalization and objective analysis of theoretical material, which includes sources from the field of social and psychological science, and legislative acts regulating the social security of military personnel and the results of empirical research.

military personnel, veterans, reintegration, civilian life, social policy, social work, need, social support.