The specifics of preparing future social educators for working with veterans

The article considers the problem of training social educators to work with veterans. An analysis of scientific works on the research problem was carried out in order to define the concept of "training social educators". The results of the study on identifying the features of training social educators to work with veterans are presented. The purpose of the research covered in the article is to identify the features of the training of social educators to work with veterans in higher education institutions by analyzing the content of the educational components of educational programs in higher education institutions of Ukraine and conducting a comparative analysis of the training of social workers and social educators to work with veterans. The research methodology consists of applying the method of structural-logical analysis of scientific sources, official websites of higher education institutions of Ukraine, which allowed us to identify common and distinctive features in educational components aimed at forming competencies in social sphere specialists in working with veterans, identifying the features of training social educators to work with veterans, and conducting a comparative analysis of the training of social workers and social educators to work with veterans. The novelty of the study lies in identifying the features of the training of social educators in modern conditions and identifying similar and distinctive features in the educational components that form the competencies of social educators in working with veterans. The conclusions confirm that the peculiarities of training social educators to work with veterans are due to the need to use an interdisciplinary approach, which allows social educators not only to form competencies that will help veterans solve their social, legal, psychological, and economic problems, but also to solve problems related to their emotional and psychological recovery, which is extremely important for the successful reintegration of veterans into civilian life.