HABILITATION AS A PROCESS OF FORMING NEW SKILLS: FROM THEORY TO SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE

Abstract

The article addresses the issue of clearly distinguishing between the concepts of «habilitation» and «rehabilitation» within the scientific and practical discourse of social work. Attention is drawn to terminological uncertainty, which can negatively affect the quality of social services.Habilitation is considered as a process of forming new skills in individuals who previously lacked them, while rehabilitation is understood as the restoration of lost functions. The article analyzes scientific approaches to defining the seconcepts, examines domestic and international research, and reviews relevant legislative frameworks, including Ukrainian legislation and the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. A comparative table of criteria for habilitation and rehabilitation in the context of social work is proposed, covering such as pects as goals, target groups, the role of the social worker, and corresponding methods and approaches.Four key areas of habilitation are identified: socio-domestic, vocational-labor, value-normative, and transcendental-meaningful – each encompassing the development of new competencies.Emphasis is placed on overcoming anomie through value-normative habilitation.