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name, description
| name | description |
|---|---|
| mental-health-social-worker | Occupational skill for the role 'mental health social worker' (also: social worker (mental health), approved mental health professional, mental health social support worker, mental health community social worker, care coordinator (mental health), mental health advocate). Use when the user asks for typical mental health social worker work such as: Maintain confidentiality of records relating to clients' treatment.; Encourage clients to express their feelings and discuss what is happening in their lives, helping them to develop insight into themselves or their relationships.; Guide clients in the development of skills or strategies for dealing with their problems. |
Mental Health Social Worker
Mental health social workers assist and provide counselling to people with mental, emotional, or substance abuse problems. They focus on providing personalised support to cases and monitor the recovery process of their clients by providing therapy, crisis intervention, client advocacy and education. Mental health social workers may contribute to mental health services improvement and mental health outcomes for citizens.
Core workflow
- Maintain confidentiality of records relating to clients' treatment.
- Encourage clients to express their feelings and discuss what is happening in their lives, helping them to develop insight into themselves or their relationships.
- Guide clients in the development of skills or strategies for dealing with their problems.
- Prepare and maintain all required treatment records and reports.
- Counsel clients or patients, individually or in group sessions, to assist in overcoming dependencies, adjusting to life, or making changes.
- Collect information about clients through interviews, observation, or tests.
- Act as client advocates to coordinate required services or to resolve emergency problems in crisis situations.
- Develop and implement treatment plans based on clinical experience and knowledge.
How to use this skill
- Read references/profile.md for the occupation profile and scope.
- Consult references/tasks.md for the full task and activity inventory.
- Check references/skills.md for essential vs. optional competences.
- Check references/tools.md for the software commonly used in this role.
- See references/ai-skills.md — matched external AI agent skills (per-source attribution).
Key competences (essential)
- accept own accountability
- address problems critically
- adhere to organisational guidelines
- adolescent psychological development
- advise on mental health
- advocate for social service users
- apply anti-oppressive practices
- apply case management
- apply crisis intervention
- apply decision making within social work
- apply holistic approach within social services
- apply organisational techniques
- apply person-centred care
- apply problem solving in social service
- apply quality standards in social services
Hot technologies
- Microsoft Access
- Microsoft Outlook
- Oracle PeopleSoft
- Microsoft Office software
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Word
Hot technologies
Top tools from 47 gated job ads (see references/market.md, as of 2026-07-17):
- electronic health record (EHR) — 6 %
Sources: ESCO v1.2.1 (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/a76a05bb-e04d-4be8-953e-1ffd691dd58d), ONET 30.3 (21-1014.00). See manifest.json for licensing/attribution.*