6.6 KiB
6.6 KiB
Competences — social worker
Source: ESCO v1.2.1 occupation-skill relations (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/4b05bef2-ded4-4b09-ab94-f4c6a555a775).
Essential
- accept own accountability (skill/competence)
- advocate for social service users (skill/competence)
- apply anti-oppressive practices (skill/competence)
- apply case management (skill/competence)
- apply crisis intervention (skill/competence)
- apply decision making within social work (skill/competence)
- apply holistic approach within social services (skill/competence)
- apply person-centred care (skill/competence)
- apply problem solving in social service (skill/competence)
- apply quality standards in social services (skill/competence)
- apply socially just working principles (skill/competence)
- assess social service users' situation (skill/competence)
- build helping relationship with social service users (skill/competence)
- communicate with social service users (skill/competence)
- conduct interview in social service (skill/competence)
- consider social impact of actions on service users (skill/competence)
- contribute to protecting individuals from harm (skill/competence)
- cooperate at inter-professional level (skill/competence)
- deliver social services in diverse cultural communities (skill/competence)
- demonstrate leadership in social service cases (skill/competence)
- determine child welfare (skill/competence)
- develop professional identity in social work (skill/competence)
- empower social service users (skill/competence)
- follow health and safety precautions in social care practices (skill/competence)
- have computer literacy (skill/competence)
- involve service users and carers in care planning (skill/competence)
- legal requirements in the social sector (knowledge)
- maintain records of work with service users (skill/competence)
- make legislation transparent for users of social services (skill/competence)
- manage ethical issues within social services (skill/competence)
- manage social crisis (skill/competence)
- meet standards of practice in social services (skill/competence)
- negotiate with social service stakeholders (skill/competence)
- negotiate with social service users (skill/competence)
- organise social work packages (skill/competence)
- plan social service process (skill/competence)
- prevent social problems (skill/competence)
- promote inclusion (skill/competence)
- promote service users' rights (skill/competence)
- promote social change (skill/competence)
- protect vulnerable social service users (skill/competence)
- provide social counselling (skill/competence)
- provide support to social services users (skill/competence)
- refer social service users (skill/competence)
- relate empathetically (skill/competence)
- report on social development (skill/competence)
- review social service plan (skill/competence)
- social justice (knowledge)
- social sciences (knowledge)
- social work theory (knowledge)
- tolerate stress (skill/competence)
- undertake continuous professional development in social work (skill/competence)
- work within communities (skill/competence)
Optional
- advise on conflict management (skill/competence)
- advise on social security benefits (skill/competence)
- assess social work students (skill/competence)
- assess the development of youth (skill/competence)
- assessment processes (knowledge)
- assist children with special needs in education settings (skill/competence)
- assist families in crisis situations (skill/competence)
- assist the homeless (skill/competence)
- build community relations (skill/competence)
- carry out social work research (skill/competence)
- child protection (knowledge)
- clinical social work (knowledge)
- communicate about youth's well-being (skill/competence)
- communicate with youth (skill/competence)
- communication (knowledge)
- consultation (knowledge)
- counsel students (skill/competence)
- counselling methods (knowledge)
- court procedures (knowledge)
- crisis intervention (knowledge)
- dependency on drugs (knowledge)
- disability care (knowledge)
- disability types (knowledge)
- empower individuals, families and groups (skill/competence)
- engage with offenders (skill/competence)
- establish collaborative relations (skill/competence)
- family law (knowledge)
- identify mental health issues (skill/competence)
- manage a social work unit (skill/competence)
- manage volunteers (skill/competence)
- migration (knowledge)
- older adults' needs (knowledge)
- pedagogy (knowledge)
- perform street interventions in social work (skill/competence)
- personal development (knowledge)
- plan youth activities (skill/competence)
- present reports (skill/competence)
- promote mental health (skill/competence)
- promote the safeguarding of young people (skill/competence)
- promote youth work in the local community (skill/competence)
- provide community development services (skill/competence)
- provide domestic care (skill/competence)
- provide immigration advice (skill/competence)
- provide victim assistance (skill/competence)
- raise awareness on local community's priorities (skill/competence)
- rehabilitation (knowledge)
- social mediation (knowledge)
- social pedagogy (knowledge)
- social security law (knowledge)
- special needs education (knowledge)
- strategies for handling cases of sexual assault (knowledge)
- supervise students in social services (skill/competence)
- support children's wellbeing (skill/competence)
- support juvenile victims (skill/competence)
- support migrants to integrate in the receiving country (skill/competence)
- support social service users at the end of life (skill/competence)
- support social service users to live at home (skill/competence)
- support social service users to manage their financial affairs (skill/competence)
- support traumatised children (skill/competence)
- support victims of human rights violations (skill/competence)
- support volunteers (skill/competence)
- teach principles of social work (skill/competence)
- teamwork principles (knowledge)
- work for public inclusion (skill/competence)
- work in multidisciplinary health teams (skill/competence)
- work on the effects of abuse (skill/competence)
- work with social service users in a group (skill/competence)
- write work-related reports (skill/competence)
Market evidence (job-ad analysis, 40 ads, as of 2026-07-19)
Share of analyzed job ads mentioning the item (threshold ≥ 20 %). Source: JSearch/Adzuna APIs.
Hard skills
- case management — 25 %