Conceptual foundations of professional development of future social workers by means of physical education and sports

Development of students’ professional identity is an urgent problem of education in the sphere of social science. The article justifies the approach to professional development of social workers by exploitation of resources of physical education discipline in the university. The authors consider the areas of implementation of vocation-focused orientation of the physical education of future social workers, which encourages comprehensive harmonious development of their personality, humanizing and optimizing their interaction with the socio-cultural environment.