In social and humanitarian studies socialisation is studied as a complex and holistic phenomenon conditioned by social, philosophical, as well as psychological and pedagogical problem components. In modern Russian society, socialization as a process is a social problem, which is caused by a number of dynamically changing social conditions and circumstances that contribute to the emergence of transformational processes of society as a whole. Expanding the subject field of social and humanitarian knowledge, the materials presented in the article can serve as a stimulus to further scientific understanding of the problems of human socialization, as well as be used in professional training and professional socialization of future specialists of the social sphere.