SOCIAL POLICY AS A BASIS FOR ENSURING FINANCIAL SECURITY OF A PERSON
Authors:   Vinnytsia National Agrarian University, Ruda Oksana 
Published: October 2024

The purpose of the paper is the penetration of globalization into all spheres of social life leads to a number of changes concerning, first of all, the economic condition of countries, manifested through differences in their resource potential, the global labor market, and the aggravation of problems related to finding optimal ways to satisfy human needs. As a result of this, the question arises of ensuring the development of the social sphere, which should focus on meeting the physical and spiritual needs of the population, improving living conditions, achieving a high standard of living, etc. Methodology of the important role in solving this task is given to the social policy of the state. The need to bring the level and quality of life of the population of Ukraine closer to world standards requires qualitative changes in the implementation of social policy, improvement of its financial support. The conflict between the European integration aspirations of our country and the realities existing in it leads to an urgent need for a consistent reorientation of domestic social policy to achieve a high level of social standards, build a developed system of social protection of the population, ensure effective protection of workers' rights and comprehensive harmonious development of the individual. One of the key issues facing most countries in both the long-term and short-term perspective is the construction of an effective system of social protection of the population capable of solving urgent and permanent social problems. Results. There is a particularly urgent need to rethink social policy in Ukraine, to define a clear goal, tasks, mechanisms and stages of its implementation. Social policy is a component of the state's internal policy. It is aimed at ensuring the well-being of citizens by providing them with the opportunity to obtain the necessary material, cultural and spiritual benefits. Social policy has specific features, such as humanistic direction, orientation on human development. Social policy is a method of state regulation of the market economy through the distribution and redistribution of public goods and the development of relations between employees during their creation. State policy should be aimed at social security, social assistance, housing programs, health care, education, and support of socially oriented spheres of activity, in particular food and light industry. Social policy has a decisive influence on the state's competition strategy on the world market and the competitiveness of the national economy, as it ensures the development of human potential, social stability in society, and improvement of the investment and innovation climate in the country. Practical implications. The goal is to deepen the theoretical and methodological foundations of the social policy of the state as a regulator of the development of the social sphere in the conditions of the formation of the information society and to substantiate the directions for the improvement of social policy. The object is the social policy of the state to ensure the financial security of a person The subject is theoretical and practical issues of implementing social policy to ensure financial security of a person The essence of the concept of social policy is considered. Value/originality. The state of Ukraine's social policy and the prospects for changing social policy in accordance with current challenges are analyzed. The main principles were substantiated and recommendations were developed for improving the areas of implementation of the state's social policy and social protection of the population in the context of adaptation to EU standards. The main theoretical provisions, conclusions and recommendations have a practical direction, regarding the introduction of organizational and legal changes in the system of managing the social protection of the population at the territorial community level, namely indicators of external evaluation of the process and results of the activity of the social service provider.