# Competences — sexual violence counsellor

Source: ESCO v1.2.1 occupation-skill relations (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/b9dd2ee7-5fea-46f8-b226-ddae9501f728).

## Essential

- **accept own accountability** (skill/competence)
- **adolescent psychological development** (knowledge)
- **apply quality standards in social services** (skill/competence)
- **apply socially just working principles** (skill/competence)
- **assess social service users' situation** (skill/competence)
- **assess the development of youth** (skill/competence)
- **behavioural therapy** (knowledge)
- **build helping relationship with social service users** (skill/competence)
- **client-centred counselling** (knowledge)
- **cognitive behavioural therapy** (knowledge)
- **communicate professionally with colleagues in other fields** (skill/competence)
- **communicate with social service users** (skill/competence)
- **cooperate at inter-professional level** (skill/competence)
- **counselling methods** (knowledge)
- **deliver social services in diverse cultural communities** (skill/competence)
- **demonstrate leadership in social service cases** (skill/competence)
- **encourage counselled clients to examine themselves** (skill/competence)
- **facilitate the healing process related to sexual assault** (skill/competence)
- **follow health and safety precautions in social care practices** (skill/competence)
- **have emotional intelligence** (skill/competence)
- **help clients make decisions during counselling sessions** (skill/competence)
- **human psychological development** (knowledge)
- **legal requirements in the social sector** (knowledge)
- **listen actively** (skill/competence)
- **maintain a non-emotional involvement** (skill/competence)
- **maintain records of work with service users** (skill/competence)
- **maintain the trust of service users** (skill/competence)
- **manage social crisis** (skill/competence)
- **manage stress in the work place** (skill/competence)
- **organise relapse prevention** (skill/competence)
- **perform therapy sessions** (skill/competence)
- **promote human rights** (skill/competence)
- **promote inclusion** (skill/competence)
- **promote social change** (skill/competence)
- **promote the safeguarding of young people** (skill/competence)
- **provide social counselling** (skill/competence)
- **psychological theories** (knowledge)
- **psychology** (knowledge)
- **refer social service users** (skill/competence)
- **reflexion** (knowledge)
- **relate empathetically** (skill/competence)
- **report on social development** (skill/competence)
- **respond to individuals' extreme emotions** (skill/competence)
- **screen clients** (skill/competence)
- **sexual disorders** (knowledge)
- **social justice** (knowledge)
- **social sciences** (knowledge)
- **strategies for handling cases of sexual assault** (knowledge)
- **supervision of persons** (knowledge)
- **support the positiveness of youths** (skill/competence)
- **support young victims of sexual assault** (skill/competence)
- **undertake continuous professional development in social work** (skill/competence)
- **work on the effects of abuse** (skill/competence)

## Optional

- support traumatised children (skill/competence)

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## Market evidence (job-ad analysis, 17 ads, as of 2026-07-19)

Share of analyzed job ads mentioning the item (threshold ≥ 20 %). Source: JSearch/Adzuna APIs.

### Hard skills

- crisis intervention — **65 %**
- safety planning — **53 %**
- needs assessment — **29 %**
- advocacy — **29 %**
- case management — **29 %**
- outreach — **18 %**
- risk assessment — **18 %**
- victim advocacy — **18 %**

### Methods

- coordinated community response — **18 %**

### Responsibilities

- information provision — **18 %**

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