STRUCTURAL-FUNCTIONAL APPROACH TO INTERPROFESSIONAL INTERACTION IN THE SYSTEM OF SOCIAL WORK

The article considers interaction as a process of direct or indirect influence of subjects on each other, which gives rise to their mutual conditionality and connection, not only the influence of people on each other, but also the direct organization of their joint actions, which allows the group to realize common for its members activities. Professional interaction is the main link in the establishment of different relationships in the professional environment, which manifests itself in the form of joint activities, communication, and emotional empathy. The main characteristic of a professionally mature person is his professionalism, which is related to the concept of «competence». One of the main competencies and professionalism of a specialist is a properly organized process of interprofessional interaction. Interprofessional interaction of specialists in the social sphere is considered as a purposeful, socially determined, dynamic process of direct or indirect simultaneous influence of subjects on each other as a result of performing a certain professional activity, with the guiding role of the subject having a set of theoretical and practical training is the realization of the content of the professional activity of one and the needs of the other. The methodology of interprofessional interaction of social specialists is defined: features, features, main forms: purpose, subject, methods and feedback. In the process of researching the roles of the social sphere specialist, the classification of the functional responsibilities of the professional activity of the social sphere specialist is distinguished: arbitrator, defense lawyer, mediator, companion of interprofessional interaction, sponsor, representative of social security institutional institution, surveyor, supervisor, consultant; types of participants of interprofessional interaction: collaborator, confrontator, equivocator, abettor, oppositionist, set-offer, accommodator, neutralizer.