TRAINING FUTURE PSYCHOLOGISTS SOUGHT AFTER BY THE LABOR MARKET IN WAR AND POST-WAR TIME

Wartime conditions impose new requirements to training psychologists possessing the tools for working in difficult life situations. Professional training of specialists for assisting jobs in an educational institution should not be limited to the study of traditional psychological tools, common approaches to the methods of work with different categories of people. The purpose of the article is to conduct a logical and psychological analysis of the issue related to training future psychologists sought after by the labor market in war and post-war time, to disclose the results of a survey of higher school students regarding the psychologists’ competencies that are of great importance today, to define the recommendations for training specialists who will carry out effective activities in crisis situations, during social and psychological rehabilitation, people’s mental health support, resilience building, etc. Among the recommendations are the following: when organizing the educational process, it is worth focusing on developing students’ knowledge and skills that will facilitate the psychologist’s work in difficult/crisis conditions, their ability to provide psychological first aid in extreme situations and understanding of the general principles of overcoming acute stress reactions, carrying out social and psychological rehabilitation of military people and their family members; to have methodological tools for restoring mental health of various categories of people.