Activity principles of the social work

The article discusses activity the principles of social work, reflecting the patterns of regulation of processes of interaction between social worker and the served individual. Among them - prevention, integration, reflection, clientcentric, tolerance, individualization, competence. These principles are considered in the context of social work practice, because in practical activities they can fully be displayed. Modernization of the social protection of the population requires a more balanced and conceptual definition of the nature and content of the principles of social work, thus, this article aims to reconcile theory and practice of social work when building the methodological foundations of this professional activity.