TO THE QUESTION OF STUDYING THE CREATIVE POTENTIAL AND WILLINGNESS TO INNOVATE REFORMATION

The paper is devoted to the creative potential of a person working in the correctional system. The importance of personnel readiness to innovations is justified and the psychological and acmeological parts of such readiness are revealed. In addition, the main components and different levels of a psychological and acmeological readiness are defined. The research focuses on the psychological and acmeological components of readiness of a correctional system personnel to renewal innovations. The research objective is a practical ground of problems of the psychological and acmeological readiness to innovations of penitentiary system personnel, criterion of estimation of the psychological and acmeological readiness and detection of its level. Moreover, it is important to find factors that can either promote or prevent the achievement of a high-level readiness.According to the empirical findings, employees who work in the correctional system for more than 5 years are more socially creative than those who work less than 5 years. 3 groups of employees were determined: the one with a low level of psychological and acmeological readiness to innovations, the one with a medium level and the one with a high level. The following is relevant for an employee with a low level of the psychological and acmeological readiness to innovations: poor receptiveness to changing; unclear project of life, professional plans and priorities; low motivation to self-development and taking new professional skills; neutral or negative attitude to the job; low social activity and creativity. Medium level of the psychological and acmeological readiness to innovations is characterized with a sufficient level of development of the listed components, but external factors can significantly influence the practical realization of innovations. The attitude to the job is neutral or rather positive than negative.Employees with a high level of the psychological and acmeological readiness for innovations are characterized with active living and professional position. The project of life and priorities correspond to the professional position. The person is determined to self-actualize in a profession, displays a reasonable creativity and finds new ways of solving problems for optimization and productivity. The employee practices new technologies and tries to use the knowledge and skills in practical activity. The high level of adaptability to changing conditions is registered. The person is usually satis