PECULIARITIES OF ADAPTATION OF EMPLOYEES OF PSYCHOLOGICAL SERVICE IN THE EDUCATION SYSTEM TO THE CONDITIONS OF PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY

Abstract

The article deals with the problem of activity of the psychological service of the education system at the present stage of reforming the educational branch. The specificity of practice of specialists of psychological service of educational institution is analyzed. The article systematizes the
professional and personal indicators of professional competence of a practical psychologist in the education system. The role of the employees of the psychological service in the period of change and introduction of innovations in the education system, in particular, the roles of the facilitator, moderator
and coordinator are characterized. The main determinants of ensuring the efficiency of coordination of the psychological service and other services of the educational institution are determined.
The analysis of the concepts of “adaptation”, “professional adaptation” and “social adaptation”
was conducted; in particular, the main interrelated aspects of professional adaptation of personality were
thoroughly analyzed. The purpose of professional adaptation of a young specialist, which is to create conditions for combining the interests of the individual with the interests of the team, is analyzed. The authors identified a number of problems that await a young novice psychologist. The main stages and phases of the process of adaptation of a higher education institution graduate to the conditions of
professional activity in educational institutions are described, as well as the main professional shortcomings in the work of young specialists. Structural and functional components of the process of adaptation of the employees of the psychological service are determined. The main conditions of effective professional adaptation of young psychologists are analyzed.