Legal nature, content and social services standard significance

Abstract

We raise the topic of the social services current system, the place and importance of nonprofit organizations in it. It is noted that the tendency of social services nonprofit sector transfer to the population with the subsequent reimbursement of expenses from the budget. We analyze various barriers of nonprofit organizations participation in the social services provision in the context of which it is proposed to provide an advance mechanism for reimbursement of nonprofit organizations for the social services provision. The importance of the social services standard is emphasized, its content is revealed and an attempt is made to reveal the legal nature of the standard of social services. We note the content of the standard established by the federal legislation; also we draw attention to the fact that the procedure approval for the social services provision by social service providers is attributed to the powers of public authorities of the subjects of the Russian Federation. We present the analysis of the social services provision standard in the Tambov Region by forms of social services approved by the order of Social Protection and Family Policy Department of the Tambov Region dated April 1, 2016 no. 463-ф. The points requiring adjustment from the point of view of legal technique are revealed, and also other offers on modification of the specified regulatory legal act are specified. As a result, we conclude that the social services standard, firstly, expresses the amount of social assistance guaranteed by the state, secondly, it is an exhaustive set of requirements for the service itself, allowing to plan activities and resources, and, thirdly, it is a set of requirements for quality control of social services and protection of the rights and legitimate interests of their recipients.