8.7 KiB
8.7 KiB
Competences — social care worker
Source: ESCO v1.2.1 occupation-skill relations (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/8d703e8f-1e57-4246-8a6b-cb87a760d4ab).
Essential
- accept own accountability (skill/competence)
- adhere to organisational guidelines (skill/competence)
- advocate for social service users (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 social service users' situation (skill/competence)
- assist individuals with disabilities in community activities (skill/competence)
- assist social service users in formulating complaints (skill/competence)
- assist social service users with physical disabilities (skill/competence)
- build helping relationship with social service users (skill/competence)
- communicate professionally with colleagues in other fields (skill/competence)
- communicate with social service users (skill/competence)
- company policies (knowledge)
- comply with legislation in social services (skill/competence)
- conduct interview in social service (skill/competence)
- contribute to protecting individuals from harm (skill/competence)
- customer service (knowledge)
- deliver social services in diverse cultural communities (skill/competence)
- demonstrate leadership in social service cases (skill/competence)
- encourage social service users to preserve their independence in their daily activities (skill/competence)
- follow health and safety precautions in social care practices (skill/competence)
- involve service users and carers in care planning (skill/competence)
- legal requirements in the social sector (knowledge)
- listen actively (skill/competence)
- maintain privacy of service users (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)
- meet standards of practice in social services (skill/competence)
- monitor service users' health (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)
- refer service users to community resources (skill/competence)
- relate empathetically (skill/competence)
- report on social development (skill/competence)
- review social service plan (skill/competence)
- social justice (knowledge)
- social sciences (knowledge)
- support harmed social service users (skill/competence)
- support service users in developing skills (skill/competence)
- support service users to use technological aids (skill/competence)
- support social service users in skills management (skill/competence)
- support social service users' positiveness (skill/competence)
- support social service users with specific communication needs (skill/competence)
- tolerate stress (skill/competence)
- undertake continuous professional development in social work (skill/competence)
- undertake risk assessment of social service users (skill/competence)
- work in a multicultural environment in health care (skill/competence)
- work within communities (skill/competence)
Optional
- address public health issues (skill/competence)
- adolescent psychological development (knowledge)
- advise on housing (skill/competence)
- apply a holistic approach in care (skill/competence)
- apply foreign languages in social services (skill/competence)
- assess the development of youth (skill/competence)
- assist children with special needs in education settings (skill/competence)
- assist families in crisis situations (skill/competence)
- assist with personal administration issues (skill/competence)
- assist with self-medication (skill/competence)
- child protection (knowledge)
- communicate by use of interpretation services (skill/competence)
- communicate with youth (skill/competence)
- conduct foster care visits (skill/competence)
- contribute to the safeguarding of children (skill/competence)
- determine child welfare (skill/competence)
- disability care (knowledge)
- disability types (knowledge)
- distribute meals to patients (skill/competence)
- evaluate older adults' ability to take care of themselves (skill/competence)
- evaluate prospective foster parents (skill/competence)
- family law (knowledge)
- handle children's problems (skill/competence)
- implement care programmes for children (skill/competence)
- maintain relations with children's parents (skill/competence)
- monitor children's physical development (skill/competence)
- older adults' needs (knowledge)
- perform cleaning duties (skill/competence)
- plan social service process (skill/competence)
- prepare youths for adulthood (skill/competence)
- promote the safeguarding of young people (skill/competence)
- provide first aid (skill/competence)
- provide in-home support for disabled individuals (skill/competence)
- provide social guidance over the phone (skill/competence)
- provide testimony in court hearings (skill/competence)
- supervise children (skill/competence)
- support children's wellbeing (skill/competence)
- support individuals to adjust to physical disability (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 the positiveness of youths (skill/competence)
- support traumatised children (skill/competence)
- use e-health and mobile health technologies (skill/competence)
- work with social service users in a group (skill/competence)
Market evidence (job-ad analysis, 7 ads, as of 2026-07-19)
Share of analyzed job ads mentioning the item (threshold ≥ 20 %). Source: JSearch/Adzuna APIs.
Hard skills
- personal care — 57 %
- safety promotion — 29 %
- service plan implementation — 29 %
- resident engagement — 14 %
- referral facilitation — 14 %
- regulatory compliance — 14 %
- resident assessment — 14 %
- socialization — 14 %
- social service program planning — 14 %
- needs assessment — 14 %
- outcome tracking — 14 %
- laundry — 14 %
- light housekeeping — 14 %
- meal preparation — 14 %
- medication reminders — 14 %
- companionship — 14 %
- financial assistance guidance — 14 %
- food service — 14 %
- housekeeping — 14 %
- activities engagement — 14 %
- adl assistance — 14 %
- behavior management — 14 %
- care coordination — 14 %
- care plan development — 14 %
- care planning — 14 %
- case management — 14 %
- discharge planning — 14 %
- documentation — 14 %
Methods
- culturally competent care — 14 %
- trauma-informed care — 14 %
- strengths-based approach — 14 %
- person-centered care — 14 %
Responsibilities
- dining support — 29 %
- care documentation — 29 %
- benefit identification — 14 %
- assisting with adls — 14 %
- bathing assistance — 14 %
- dressing assistance — 14 %
- environment maintenance — 14 %
- family communication — 14 %
- family interaction — 14 %
- family support — 14 %
- client attention — 14 %
- client documentation — 14 %
- communication with clients — 14 %
- food access support — 14 %
- housing support — 14 %
- grooming assistance — 14 %
- mobility assistance — 14 %
- personal care assistance — 14 %
- program implementation — 14 %
- referral to agencies — 14 %
- resident assistance — 14 %
- resident communication — 14 %
- resident interviewing — 14 %
- resident support — 14 %
- resource access assistance — 14 %
- rights and responsibilities information — 14 %
- service plan implementation — 14 %
- service utilization tracking — 14 %
- shift coverage — 14 %
- transition assistance — 14 %
- transportation support — 14 %
- social services department operation — 14 %