Content of forms and methods of providing social security of the state

The article is devoted to revealing the essence of the forms and methods of ensuring social security in modern Ukraine. It is established that such forms are the interconnected components of the social security system provided for by legislation and agreed with the principles of law, which are expressed in the actual manifestation of the activity of authorized subjects in the formation, provision, protection, protection and restoration of the conditions of socially safe existence of a person (groups of people ) on the territory of the state through the use of legally defined methods of social protection, which are applied with the use of methods and means of a social protection nature. These forms are characterized by the fact that they: reflect the actual state of state and society activities aimed at ensuring social security; represent integral, mutually agreed upon legal constructions; is an objective and relatively stable element of factual, legally significant reality; is a systemic formation, which consists of both relatively universal and special elements. It is substantiated that the forms of social security of the state make up the system, the key components of which are: food, health and recreation, material, housing and household, educational, labor law, insurance, pension, etc. forms of providing social security. In turn, the methods of ensuring social security of the state are legally established and coordinated with the principles of law by the actions of subjects of social law, with the help of which they implement measures to prevent and counteract social risks, compensation for damage from the influence of social risks that cannot be eliminated. The author singles out three groups of ways to ensure social security. The first is a group of general methods, which are general social, economic and political methods. The second is a group of special (or common law) methods, namely: preventive; protective; compensatory and informative methods. The third is a group of special (social and legal) ways of ensuring social security of the state, which are social services, social assistance and benefits. The conclusions of the article summarize the results of the study.