Vaculenko S. The optimization of a family policy in the conditions of the modern Ukrainian society

The object of the research is the family policy in the modern Ukrainian society; The aim of the Dissertation Paper is the theoretical basis for a family policy as a particular direction of the social policy, its sociological conceptualization and the identification of the directions of its improvement in the modern Ukrainian society; The methods of sociological analysis are: institutional, structural and functional combined, that of the system on the whole and comparative analyses; The theoretical and practical results are the development of the conceptual statements for Sociology of family and Social Policy. It has been proposed some recommendations for the management authorities of the social sphere and social services that provide social services to families in order enhance effectiveness of their work; the novelty of the research is in the elaboration of the concept "family policy". It has been for the first time identified the origins, the essence of contradictions in the mechanism for a family policy realization; It has been for the first time proposed the system of the efficiency of the work of the social services evaluation; the ideas of the specific nature of the needs of different types of families at the level of a local community have been deepened; the expectations of different families from the representatives of social services, the level of their awareness as to the work provided by social services, the level of their satisfaction with the work provided by social services and the causes for dissatisfaction are taking into consideration; the level of introduction is the following: the materials presented in the Dissertation Paper have been used for the elaboration of the syllabus for the course "Family Sociology", in the methodical materials "Family Sociology" and during the teaching of the courses "Social work", "Social work for families".