COMMUNICATIVE COMPETENCE IN THE STRUCTURE OF FUTURE BACHELORS' TRAINING IN SOCIAL WORK
Social work is marked by constant contact with the client, which requires a certain level of formation of communicative competence of the specialist. Communicative skills for a specialist in the social sphere are both professionally significant components of their professional training, as well as supraprofessional skills that are in demand today in all areas of professional activity. The formation of communicative skills in the process of professional training of future bachelors of social work is ensured by the implementation of an integrative approach, which involves the conjugation of general vocational and professional disciplines, practices, the organization of mentoring and volunteering as components of professional communicative training, as well as street communication practices within practical classes. In the disciplines of the general vocational block, students learn the basic concepts and knowledge of communication. In the disciplines of the professional block, the educational process is aimed at consolidating the obtained theoretical knowledge, mastering communicative skills in practical exercises that model communicative situations, and communication techniques with various categories of citizens. An important aspect of training is the ability to build the process of communication taking into account individual, personal, gender, age and other characteristics of clients. In the process of the externship, students work out the acquired knowledge and skills in the conditions of real practical activity under the guidance of a methodologist. Mentoring involves the formation of the experience of communicative competence under the guidance of the mentor. Mentoring is bilateral in nature and is based on the interaction of mentor and student, professionally enriching and developing both. The inclusion of students in volunteer activities makes it possible to consolidate communication skills with various categories of citizens, build communication basing on moral principles. The practice of "street communication" as a special type of communication enables gaining communication experience in situations of spontaneous communication. The ability to position the interlocutor, gain his trust requires the communicator to form communicative skills, especially moral communicative skills, makes it possible to evaluate his level of communication in real communication. This approach ensures the effectiveness of the formation of communicative competence in the process of studying at a university.