MENTORING IN TRAINING BACHELORS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES FOR SOCIAL INTERACTION WITH TEENAGERS

The article is devoted to substantiating the role of mentoring in the preparation of law enforcement bachelors for social interaction with teenagers. The author notes that in the field of law enforcement, an experienced specialist officer is considered a mentor, who provides recommendations to young officers based on his own experience, in order to protect them from a number of mistakes. The search for a mentor takes place on a voluntary basis. Both parties take responsibility for the outcome. Attention is drawn to the following skills and abilities of mentors: listening and listening; provide information analysis; to think critically; demonstrate organizational skills, be communicative, present information in an accessible form, be able to determine goals and motivation factors, encourage young professionals to work by their own example. The activity of the mentor involves work with bachelors of law enforcement activities who have recently received their education and started directly performing official duties The ability for interpersonal dialogue and preventive communication during the implementation of professional tasks; the ability to interact and communicate with teenagers is interpreted as one of the learning outcomes expected from law enforcement bachelors. Bachelors of law enforcement activities organize interaction with teenagers on the basis of partnership and trusting relations. The role of a mentor as an experienced specialist in the law enforcement (border) sphere is determined to contribute to ensuring a highly humane, decent attitude of bachelors of law enforcement activities (representatives of the border agency) to teenagers as a central figure of society. Since one of the signs of the professional activity of an individual is the ability to influence the processes taking place in the professional environment and to directly participate in them, mentoring activity is considered as a process of influencing the professional development of bachelors of law enforcement activities, the content of which has a significant potential for promoting the development of professionalism of bachelors of law enforcement activities. The author interprets the activity of mentors in the border department as an important component in the preparation of law enforcement bachelors for social interaction with teenagers. Key words: law enforcement bachelors, bachelors training, mentoring, interaction, social interaction with teenagers.