family social worker
Family social workers provide advice to families about the range of social services available to solve their problems or challenging life situations such as addictions, mental illnesses, medical or financial struggles. They help their users to access these social services and monitor their appropriate usage.
Also called: family support worker, family services social worker
- 71
- essential skills
- 1
- optional skills
- 8
- related roles
- 2635
- 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.
- consultant social workerWhat changes?67 skills in common
- mental health social workerWhat changes?67 skills in common
- child care social worker66 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 officer63 skills in common
Essential skills
71- 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
- assist families in crisis situations
- build helping relationship with social service users
- 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
- deliver social services in diverse cultural communities
- demonstrate leadership in social service cases
- develop professional identity in social work
- develop professional network
- empower individuals, families and groups
- empower social service users
- family law
- 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 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 social service users to manage their financial affairs
- support the positiveness of youths
- support traumatised children
- tolerate stress
- undertake continuous professional development in social work
- work in a multicultural environment in health care
- work within communities
Optional skills
1Definition and skills from ESCO, published by the European Commission. Source concept
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