consultant social worker
Consultant social workers deliver high quality social work services by contributing to the development and improvement of social work and social care practice. They contribute to policy development, deliver trainings and focus on research in the field of social work practices.
Also called: social work educator, social work academic, social work trainer, social work staff trainer, social work consultant, social work researcher, social work expert, academic social worker
- 72
- essential skills
- 2
- optional skills
- 8
- related roles
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- ISCO-08 group
Where you can go from here
8 rolesOccupations sharing the most essential skills with this one. The number is a count, not an opinion.
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- child care social worker66 skills in common
- mental health social workerWhat changes?66 skills in common
- migrant social worker66 skills in common
- substance misuse worker66 skills in common
- youth offending team workerWhat changes?66 skills in common
- youth worker66 skills in common
- education welfare officer65 skills in common
Essential skills
72- accept own accountability
- address problems critically
- adhere to organisational guidelines
- adolescent psychological development
- advocate for social service users
- apply anti-oppressive practices
- apply case management
- apply crisis intervention
- apply decision making within social work
- apply holistic approach within social services
- apply organisational techniques
- apply person-centred care
- apply problem solving in social service
- apply quality standards in social services
- apply socially just working principles
- assess social service users' situation
- assess the development of youth
- build helping relationship with social service users
- client-centred counselling
- communicate professionally with colleagues in other fields
- communicate with social service users
- company policies
- conduct interview in social service
- consider social impact of actions on service users
- contribute to protecting individuals from harm
- cooperate at inter-professional level
- counselling methods
- deliver social services in diverse cultural communities
- demonstrate leadership in social service cases
- develop professional identity in social work
- develop professional network
- empower social service users
- follow health and safety precautions in social care practices
- have computer literacy
- involve service users and carers in care planning
- legal requirements in the social sector
- listen actively
- maintain records of work with service users
- make legislation transparent for users of social services
- manage a social work unit
- manage ethical issues within social services
- manage social crisis
- manage stress in the work place
- meet standards of practice in social services
- negotiate with social service stakeholders
- negotiate with social service users
- organise social work packages
- plan social service process
- prepare youths for adulthood
- prevent social problems
- promote inclusion
- promote service users' rights
- promote social change
- promote the safeguarding of young people
- protect vulnerable social service users
- provide social counselling
- provide support to social services users
- refer social service users
- relate empathetically
- report on social development
- review social service plan
- social justice
- social sciences
- social work theory
- support children's wellbeing
- support social service users at the end of life
- support social service users to manage their financial affairs
- support the positiveness of youths
- tolerate stress
- undertake continuous professional development in social work
- work in a multicultural environment in health care
- work within communities
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