In the article individual work as a significant factor for the education of management competencies of a social care teacher has been analyzed. In order to reveal how individual work based on constructivism theories at higher school helps students to educate management competencies quasi-experimental research has been chosen. 4 higher schools (2 universities and 2 colleges) have participated in the research; 2 experimental (40 students) and 2 control (40 students) groups have been formed. Quasi-experimental study has been organized in separate stages: written survey of students (pre-test) before experimental intervention; experimental intervention (test-factor) by developing individual work of students; written survey of students (post-test) after experimental intervention. After the comparison of differences in results of the pre-test and the post-test, the impact of individual work based on constructivism theories on the education/self-education of management competencies of students of social pedagogy studies programmes. This research helped students to educate management competencies for work of a social care educator at systematic level, i.e. for providing social support through organizations or institutions that form the system of social support.