THE MECHANISM OF STATE MANAGEMENT OF THE SYSTEM OF THE SOCIAL SERVICES PROVISION IN THE CONTEXT OF ENSURING ECONOMIC SECURITY OF THE COUNTRY

Abstract

The article is devoted to the disclosure of the mechanisms of state management of the system of providing social services in the context of ensuring economic security of the country. The system of providing social services was formed to support and to help the population of the country who found themselves in difficult life circumstances. The system of providing social services is formed from a set of subjects involved in the process of providing social services. The principles of social services provision are defined. The current conditions of Ukraine's development, martial law, social and economic crisis are prompting Ukrainian society to look for ways to optimize the system of social services. The mechanism of state management of the system of social services provision is revealed. The mechanism of regulatory and legal support of the system of social services provision is characterized. The author analyzes the organizational mechanism of public administration of the system of social services. It is established that the responsible authorities in the system of social services provision are: central authorities (the Ministry of Social Policy of Ukraine), local executive authorities (local state administrations) and local self-government authorities (local councils of territorial communities). According to Ukrainian legislation, local community councils play a crucial role in providing basic social services to the population, directly influence the process of service delivery and cooperate with recipients of social services. Therefore, the quality of the state's social functions depends on the effectiveness of building a system of social services at the local level. The problems and ways to improve the mechanism of public administration of the system of social services are identified. In particular, there is a need to develop a unified or well-defined approach to the formation of social local self-government authorities, create technical capacities for the submission of documents by recipients of social services, and simplify the bureaucratic approach to the registration of personal files of recipients of social services and ensure the efficiency of these processes in the context of ensuring economic security of the country.