Amelchenko T.V. 1
1 Zabaikalsky State university
The article considers the problem of the laws and principles of formation of professional competence of social workers in the conditions of the border region. Methodologyresearch presents approaches: a dialectical, synergistic and regional al. Theoretical bases include a holistic conceptual representation of the inter-connection of the laws and principles of formation of professional competence of social workers in the conditions of the border region. The basic pattern: determination of formation of professional competence of the social worker’s regional socio-economic and socio-cultural conditions, receives theoretical justification on the basis of the allocation of three tendencies: social, educational, personality. Based on the analysis of research of the development of the cross-border region the author singles out the principles governing professional training for social workers in conditions of the border region.