Kyiv National Economic University named after Vadym Hetman

Social protection of people

"Social protection of people" is a selective discipline aimed at bachelors in specialty 6.030505 "Personnel Management and Labor Economics". The discipline "Social protection of people" is focused on mastering undergraduate programs of modern state system of social protection based on new concepts and programs of the government.

          The aim of mastering the discipline in the context of preparing specialists of a certain specialty. Its relationship with other subjects of the curriculum.

          The aim of mastering the discipline is the formation of modern economic thinking of students in basic issues of theory and practice of social protection.

         In the process of teaching the discipline the following tasks are solved:

• to find an objective necessity, nature and role of social protection;

• to master the features of social protection;

• to learn the conditions of insurance for disability and unemployment, health and pension insurance, insurance against accidents at work and occupational diseases;

• to acquire knowledge on management of social insurance funds;

• to learn the organizational structure of social insurance and the features of globalization displays in it;

• to know the need, importance and methods of state regulation of social insurance;

• to learn how to apply methodological tools to calculate material support;

• to be able to competently work with specialists of the social infrastructure sector;

• to navigate the features of social insurance abroad.

          The subject of the disciplineis to set financial relations arising in the process of social protection.

          The discipline "Social protection of people" is closely related to other disciplines of bachelor level: "Social Insurance", "Insurance services", "Finance", "Finance Companies", science "Insurance".

          The list of knowledge and skills which the student will acquire after mastering the discipline.

          As a result of studying the discipline a student will know:

• the main legal acts regulating relations in the sphere of social protection in general, and social security and social insurance, in particular;

• the range of economic relations governed by the law of social security;

• the system, structure and general provisions of social protection in Ukraine;

• the categorical and conceptual apparatus of the discipline "Social protection of people";

• the economic nature of social security, its functions and principles, rights and responsibilities of social protection;

• the system of compulsory state social insurance;

• the system of forming and using funds of mandatory social insurance;

• types of benefits and social services;

• the peculiarities of social protection development;

• trends in the development of social protection in the world and its influence on the development of social protection in Ukraine;

• be able to use the acquired knowledge in the discipline.

and will be able to:

• practice, summarize and analyze legislative and normative acts regulating the mechanism of social protection;

• navigate the legislative and normative acts regulating relations of social protection;

• analyze the current state of social protection;

• navigate the peculiarities of social funds;

• define basic terms of social insurance against unemployment, old age, temporary or permanent disability, health insurance, accident insurance and occupational diseases;

• use knowledge of social protection for personal protection from social risks;

• use knowledge of social protection to address professional tasks.

The scope of the implementation of acquired knowledge and skills in the future profession.

          Knowledge and skills acquired in the study of this discipline are used in the organization of social protection to provide social security to the population and to create conditions for proper living standards. They can be used by graduates in positions of social workers, staff offices, departments, Ministries of Social Policy and others.

          Summary of the discipline offered for students to study in modules and topics.

Topic 1. Social protection of population and its components

Topic 2. State regulation of social protection

Topic 3. Subject essence and role of social security

Topic 4. Foreign experience in the field of social protection

Topic 5. Financial support of social insurance

Topic 6. Social protection for temporary disability

Topic 7. Insurance against accidents and occupational disease

Topic 8. Health insurance and its role in the system of social protection

Topic 9. Social protection against unemployment

Topic 10. Pension insurance

          Teaching staff: Ph.D., Assoc.Prof. T.I.Stetsiuk, Ph.D., Assoc.Prof. O.V.Dymnich

          Basic bibliography:

1. Social Work in Ukraine: Training guidances. for stud. of high educ.inst. / Ed. by I.D. Zvereva, G.M. Laktionova; I.D. Zvereva, O.V. Bezpalko, S.I. Kharchenko, V.A. Polishchuk. - 2nd ed., revised. and reported. - K .: Centre teach. lit, 2004. - 254 p.

2. S.M. Sinchuk. The right to social security in Ukraine: Training guidance. / Ed. by S.M. Sinchuk. - K .: Knowledge, 2003. - 306 p.

3. Social insurance: textbook. for the stud. of high. educ. inst. /S.I. Yuri, M.P. Shavaryna, N.V. Shamanic. - K .: Condor, 2004. - 462 p.

Last redaction: 29.10.17