Some aspects of professionally oriented training of future social workers to counter destructive informational and psychological influence on citizens

Abstract

The article examines the problem of professionally oriented training of future social workers to counter destructive informational and psychological influence on citizens. The relevance of the study is determined by the expansion of the digital environment, the growth of manipulative practices, the spread of unreliable information, cyberbullying, Internet fraud and other influences that are especially dangerous for vulnerable groups of the population. The purpose of the article is to substantiate the content logic of integrating educational material on countering destructive informational and psychological influence into the professional training of students majoring in Social Work. The methodological basis of the study includes analysis of scientific literature, content analysis of working syllabi, pedagogical design and generalization of the experience of the Department of Social Work. The paper presents the main directions for enriching the disciplines «Technologies of Social Work», «Social Gerontology», «Psychology of Social Activity», «Conflictology in Social Work» and «Social Work with Youth». The scientific novelty lies in specifying an interdisciplinary content component aimed at developing diagnostic, preventive, communicative and reflexive skills of students. The practical significance of the study lies in the fact that the proposed content component makes it possible to strengthen the professional training of future social workers without changing the logic of the current curriculum. The author concludes that this topic should be systematically included in social work training as a condition for increasing readiness to protect citizens from informational and psychological threats.