СПЕЦІАЛЬНА ОСВІТА, ПРОФЕСІЙНА ПІДГОТОВКА ТА УМОВИ ПРИЙОМУ НА СЛУЖБУ ПЕНІТЕНЦІАРНИХ ВИХОВАТЕЛІВ В ПОЛЬЩІ

Abstract

Special education, professional training and recruitment conditions of penitentiary tutors in Poland. In the article the system of special education and training of prison tutors as a staff of prison institutions in Poland is analyzed. It is emphasized that currently the direction of special pedagogic education for training penitentiary educators is clearly defined in Poland. This is a “re-socialization pedagogy”. The system of professions related to this direction is specified. The special qualification procedures for admission to the service to the position of penitentiary tutor is described. It is noted that professional development at the position of penitentiary tutor (the three-stage development is assumed: junior tutor, educator, senior tutor) provides for an increase in law ranks determined by certain legal rules. The regulatory framework, where requirements on recruitment of penitentiary tutors are specified, is studied in the article. In conclusion it is noted that in the professional approach has been developed in the penitentiary policy of modern Poland. This approach is aimed to organize a communication system of personnel with individuals who have received a sentence of imprisonment, with a view to their re-socialization, through highly trained specialists.