| Abstract [eng] |
The paper deals with the theoretical analysis of the definition of the professional competence of vocational rehabilitation specialist of the disabled. Hypothesis: it is supposed that the professional competence of vocational rehabilitation specialist of the disabled is complex construct and the content of it is base don three levels: conceptual (knowledge, personal characteristics and attitudes), instrumental (abilities and roles) and integrational one (functions and social network of work). Trying to identify the structure of professional competence of vocational rehabilitation specialist of the disabled there were: a) analyzed 5 descriptions of duties and activities of the vocational rehabilitation specialists of the disabled in a foreign country (USA) picking out structural parts of the professional competence (qualitative research – analysis of documents); b) revealed opinion of professional competence of vocational rehabilitation specialist of the disabled by 5 disabled persons (qualitative research – half structural interview and discursive analysis); c) defined peculiarities of the structural parts of the professional competence of vocational rehabilitation specialist of the disabled by an opinion of 135 specialist which work in a system of vocational rehabilitation for disabled (quantitative research – interrogatory by filling the form). The most important empirical conclusions that were drawn are: • Revealed structure of the professional competence of vocational rehabilitation specialist of the disabled by doing theoretical analysis. This structure is made of three levels: conceptual, instrumental and integrational one. • On the ground of research (document analysis, content and discursive analysis and statistical analysis) it could be said that: o Revealed structure of the professional competence of vocational rehabilitation specialist of the disabled which is based on three levels of professional competence: conceptual, instrumental and integrational one. o Identified structural parts of these levels: conceptual level – knowledge, personal characteristics and attitudes, instrumental level – abilities and roles, integrational level – functions and social network of work. o Identified the peculiarities of the structural parts of the professional competence of vocational rehabilitation specialist of the disabled. • We could say that the research hypothesis has been approved that the professional competence of vocational rehabilitation specialist of the disabled is complex construct and the content of it is base don three levels: conceptual (knowledge, personal characteristics and attitudes), instrumental (abilities and roles) and integrational one (functions and social network of work). There is a prepared recommendatory (tentative) structural model of the professional competence of vocational rehabilitation specialist of the disabled, which is based on empirical research data. Also there is presented a project frame for a development of professional competence of vocational rehabilitation specialist of the disabled. |
