Relevance. The article discusses the features of the process of integrating elements of psychological flexibility as an important component of professional thinking in the collective management system in the social sphere. The relevance of the studied problems lies in the fact that the specifics of the professional activities of social specialists determine the work with a different contingent of people, which requires high mobility of the mental processes of a person in solving complex, often uncertain situations that are characterized by instability and unpredictability is my variability. The purpose of the study is to study the features of the process of integrating elements of psychological flexibility as an important component of professional thinking in the collective management system in the social sphere. The objectives of the study are to identify the specifics of the process of integrating elements of psychological flexibility as an important component of professional thinking in the collective management system in the social sphere and using the results to optimize the management process. As a result of the study, the possibilities were identified for integrating elements of psychological flexibility into the collective management system, whose professional activity lies in the social sphere. The professional thinking of specialists in the social sphere, in our opinion, is based on the following criteria: competence of specialists, personality orientation, psychological flexibility/ rigidity, self-management ability. Flexibility is one of the most important qualities of an effective specialist. In our opinion, flexibility (or the opposite of behavioral rigidity) is a feature that is very difficult to correct. But, one way or another, it is necessary to work on the development of professional thinking and, in our opinion, its main component flexibility. These results were the basis for the development, testing and integration of elements of psychological flexibility in the team management system. The focus was on the question of how the integration of elements of psychological flexibility into the collective management system will contribute to the development of professional thinking of specialists. A series of training sessions was conducted aimed at the development of professional thinking, in particular psychological flexibility, specialists in the social sphere. Innovative coaching and gaming tools, creative tasks for acquiring new skills, brainstorming and other non-standard techniques contribute to the creation of an effective motivational plan for solving problems, which is determined to work with the team [3-5]. Fundamentally important in this cycle is that the specialists gained additional experience of detaching from the usual identification, they found a variety of options for displacement from the usual standard established position. The usual stereo-typing of thinking has disappeared [2, 6, 9].
NON-FORMAL EDUCATION IN THE CONCEPT OF LIFELONG LEARNING
