3.3 KiB
3.3 KiB
Competences — social work assistant
Source: ESCO v1.2.1 occupation-skill relations (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/4fa660b3-ab97-4a99-ad73-ce3c2612f2c3).
Essential
- apply person-centred care (skill/competence)
- apply problem solving in social service (skill/competence)
- apply quality standards in social services (skill/competence)
- assess social service users' situation (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)
- contribute to protecting individuals from harm (skill/competence)
- deliver social services in diverse cultural communities (skill/competence)
- follow health and safety precautions in social care practices (skill/competence)
- listen actively (skill/competence)
- maintain records of work with service users (skill/competence)
- manage ethical issues within social services (skill/competence)
- manage social crisis (skill/competence)
- meet standards of practice in social services (skill/competence)
- plan social service process (skill/competence)
- prevent social problems (skill/competence)
- promote service users' rights (skill/competence)
- protect vulnerable social service users (skill/competence)
- provide social counselling (skill/competence)
- provide support to social services users (skill/competence)
- relate empathetically (skill/competence)
- review social service plan (skill/competence)
- work in a multicultural environment in health care (skill/competence)
Optional
- adolescent psychological development (knowledge)
- apply crisis intervention (skill/competence)
- apply holistic approach within social services (skill/competence)
- assess clients' drug and alcohol addictions (skill/competence)
- assist families in crisis situations (skill/competence)
- client-centred counselling (knowledge)
- communicate by telephone (skill/competence)
- communication (knowledge)
- community education (knowledge)
- comply with legislation related to health care (skill/competence)
- conduct interview in social service (skill/competence)
- consultation (knowledge)
- counselling methods (knowledge)
- crisis intervention (knowledge)
- develop professional identity in social work (skill/competence)
- developmental psychology (knowledge)
- empower individuals, families and groups (skill/competence)
- empower social service users (skill/competence)
- engage with offenders (skill/competence)
- give constructive feedback (skill/competence)
- health care system (knowledge)
- identify mental health issues (skill/competence)
- legal requirements in the social sector (knowledge)
- plan schedule (skill/competence)
- promote inclusion (skill/competence)
- social sciences (knowledge)
- social work theory (knowledge)
- use foreign languages in patient care (skill/competence)
Market evidence (job-ad analysis, 12 ads, as of 2026-07-19)
Share of analyzed job ads mentioning the item (threshold ≥ 20 %). Source: JSearch/Adzuna APIs.
Hard skills
- case management — 17 %
- discharge planning — 17 %
- record maintenance — 17 %
- social work — 17 %