SOCIAL GUARANTEES AS AN ELEMENT OF AN EFFECTIVE SOCIAL STATE

The article examines current problems related to the consolidation of the status of Ukraine as a social state at the constitutional level. The model of the social state is currently not legally fixed, and the possibility of its definition and construction cause some discontent. The social situation brings to the fore the tasks of overcoming the crisis, rather than creating high standards of protection for people that are typical of social States. Attention is drawn to the need to unify the approach to understanding the term «guarantees of human and civil rights and freedoms», since this state of Affairs negatively affects the creation by the state of a powerful legal mechanism for implementing social guarantees that Ukraine has assumed. It is noted that social standards and guarantees are extremely important for the implementation of state policies to ensure that people are provided with material goods and services, as well as appropriate financial resources. It is argued that a system of legal guarantees, both national and international, is essential for the realization of the human right to social protection. It is clear that the absence of an integrated system of state social standards in Ukraine carries significant risks. The author points out some problems that affect the social security of citizens and the reduction of their social security, as well as the need to create an effective system of social guarantees in a short time. It is emphasized that there are serious problems in the use of state budget funds, which, as a rule, 1 provide social guarantees, the need to attract non-budgetary (non-government) funds.