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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)

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 %