The article defines a comparative analysis of the features of social management practices in various models of public administration in the system of social work. It has been determined that public administration in the system of social work is a management activity that is reproduced in the form of social management practices formed as a result of the interaction of social management subjects in the provision of social services. The cognitive interpretative, value-motivational, procedural-organizational, communicative and activity organizational dimensions of the structural-functional space of social and managerial practices in the public administration of the social work system are singled out. The criteria for the specifics of social management practices in the main models of public administration of the social work system are determined: centralization and decentralization of management; the level of involvement of society in the management of social work and social institutions; incorporation into the management system of market mechanisms for stimulating and controlling the activities of social workers; the share of the private sector in the provision of social services; focus on interpersonal interaction between a social worker and a client. The main models of social management practices in social work management are identified: administrative model; a model focused on the development of social work in society; model of partnership interaction between subjects of social work management