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4.8 KiB

Competences — youth offending team worker

Source: ESCO v1.2.1 occupation-skill relations (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/4bdc4e52-1c9c-4d80-898a-18522d905fee).

Essential

  • accept own accountability (skill/competence)
  • address problems critically (skill/competence)
  • adhere to organisational guidelines (skill/competence)
  • adolescent psychological development (knowledge)
  • 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 organisational techniques (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 offenders' risk behaviour (skill/competence)
  • assess social service users' situation (skill/competence)
  • assess the development of youth (skill/competence)
  • build helping relationship with social service users (skill/competence)
  • child protection (knowledge)
  • communicate professionally with colleagues in other fields (skill/competence)
  • communicate with social service users (skill/competence)
  • communicate with youth (skill/competence)
  • company policies (knowledge)
  • 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)
  • develop professional identity in social work (skill/competence)
  • develop professional network (skill/competence)
  • empower social service users (skill/competence)
  • engage with offenders (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)
  • listen actively (skill/competence)
  • 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)
  • manage stress in the work place (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)
  • prepare youths for adulthood (skill/competence)
  • prevent social problems (skill/competence)
  • promote inclusion (skill/competence)
  • promote service users' rights (skill/competence)
  • promote social change (skill/competence)
  • promote the safeguarding of young people (skill/competence)
  • protect vulnerable social service users (skill/competence)
  • provide social counselling (skill/competence)
  • provide support to social services users (skill/competence)
  • provide testimony in court hearings (skill/competence)
  • refer social service users (skill/competence)
  • relate empathetically (skill/competence)
  • report on social development (skill/competence)
  • restorative justice (knowledge)
  • review social service plan (skill/competence)
  • social justice (knowledge)
  • social sciences (knowledge)
  • social work theory (knowledge)
  • support the positiveness of youths (skill/competence)
  • tolerate stress (skill/competence)
  • undertake continuous professional development in social work (skill/competence)
  • work in a multicultural environment in health care (skill/competence)
  • work within communities (skill/competence)

Optional

  • advise on conflict management (skill/competence)
  • cooperate with professionals (skill/competence)
  • criminal law (knowledge)

Market evidence (job-ad analysis, 27 ads, as of 2026-07-20)

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

Hard skills

  • case management — 63 %
  • risk assessment — 37 %
  • counseling — 22 %

Responsibilities

  • home visits — 19 %