From social work lecturer to consultant social worker
44 of the 72 essential skills of a consultant social worker are already essential for a social work lecturer — about 61% of the job, before you learn anything new.
These numbers compare two occupations, not you and a job. What you personally already cover depends on what you have actually done.
- 44
- skills carry over
- 28
- would be new
- 61%
- of the target job covered
- 72
- essential skills of a consultant social worker
What a consultant social worker does
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.
What carries over
44 skillsEssential in both jobs. This is the part of the move you have already made.
- address problems critically
- adhere to organisational guidelines
- advocate for social service users
- 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
- assess social service users' situation
- build helping relationship with social service users
- communicate with social service users
- conduct interview in social service
- consider social impact of actions on service users
- 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
- empower social service users
- follow health and safety precautions in social care practices
- legal requirements in the social sector
- maintain records of work with service users
- manage ethical issues within social services
- manage social crisis
- 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
- prevent social problems
- promote inclusion
- promote social change
- protect vulnerable social service users
- provide social counselling
- provide support to social services users
- refer social service users
- report on social development
- review social service plan
and 4 more
What would be new
28 skillsEssential for a consultant social worker and not for a social work lecturer. Note that the taxonomy describes activities rather than tools, so some of these may be things you already do under a different name.
- accept own accountability
- adolescent psychological development
- apply anti-oppressive practices
- apply case management
- apply socially just working principles
- assess the development of youth
- client-centred counselling
- communicate professionally with colleagues in other fields
- company policies
- contribute to protecting individuals from harm
- develop professional network
- have computer literacy
- involve service users and carers in care planning
- listen actively
- make legislation transparent for users of social services
- manage a social work unit
- manage stress in the work place
- prepare youths for adulthood
- promote service users' rights
- promote the safeguarding of young people
- relate empathetically
- 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
- work in a multicultural environment in health care
- work within communities
Other moves from social work lecturer
2 roles- social work practice educator44 skills in common
- community social worker44 skills in common
← social work lecturerconsultant social worker →The other way round
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How far are you from being a consultant social worker?
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