Career path
The skills this job asks for, and the level for each.
143 skills listed by ESCO, 91 of them essential. 143 are in our skills list and linked; we measure a match on those. ESCO gives no levels, so we ask for level 3 on an essential skill and 2 on the rest.
Occupation: ISCO-08 occupations (International Labour Organization). Skills: This service uses the ESCO classification of the European Commission (v1.2.1, CC BY 4.0), modified by CareersMatch.
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Showing 10 of 143, essentials first. The table below lists them all.
| Skill | Type | Necessity | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| accept own accountability | skill | essential | 3 |
| accounting techniques | skill | essential | 3 |
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What this path asks for comes from O*NET 31.0 (U.S. Department of Labor, CC BY 4.0), through the official ISCO-08 to US occupation crosswalk. A competency is essential where O*NET rates it at least 3.5 of 5 in importance.
| Adaptability |
| competency |
| essential |
| 3 |
| address problems critically | skill | essential | 3 |
| adhere to organisational guidelines | skill | essential | 3 |
| adolescent psychological development | skill | essential | 3 |
| advocate for others | skill | essential | 3 |
| advocate for social service users | skill | essential | 3 |
| analyse community needs | skill | essential | 3 |
| analyse goal progress | skill | essential | 3 |
| apply decision making within social work | skill | essential | 3 |
| apply holistic approach within social services | skill | essential | 3 |
| apply organisational techniques | skill | essential | 3 |
| apply quality standards in social services | skill | essential | 3 |
| apply socially just working principles | skill | essential | 3 |
| apply strategic thinking | skill | essential | 3 |
| assess social service users' situation | skill | essential | 3 |
| budgetary principles | skill | essential | 3 |
| build business relationships | skill | essential | 3 |
| build community relations | skill | essential | 3 |
| build helping relationship with social service users | skill | essential | 3 |
| business management principles | skill | essential | 3 |
| carry out social work research | skill | essential | 3 |
| Collaboration | competency | essential | 3 |
| communicate professionally with colleagues in other fields | skill | essential | 3 |
| communicate with social service users | skill | essential | 3 |
| Communication | competency | essential | 3 |
| comply with legislation in social services | skill | essential | 3 |
| consider economic criteria in decision making | skill | essential | 3 |
| contribute to protecting individuals from harm | skill | essential | 3 |
| cooperate at inter-professional level | skill | essential | 3 |
| cooperate with professionals | skill | essential | 3 |
| corporate social responsibility | skill | essential | 3 |
| customer service | skill | essential | 3 |
| deliver social services in diverse cultural communities | skill | essential | 3 |
| demonstrate leadership in social service cases | skill | essential | 3 |
| develop a pedagogical concept | skill | essential | 3 |
| Digital Fluency | competency | essential | 3 |
| ensure compliance with policies | skill | essential | 3 |
| ensure information transparency | skill | essential | 3 |
| establish collaborative relations | skill | essential | 3 |
| establish daily priorities | skill | essential | 3 |
| evaluate social work program's impact | skill | essential | 3 |
| evaluate staff performance in social work | skill | essential | 3 |
| follow health and safety precautions in social care practices | skill | essential | 3 |
| government policy implementation | skill | essential | 3 |
| government social security programmes | skill | essential | 3 |
| impact of social contexts on health | skill | essential | 3 |
| implement marketing strategies | skill | essential | 3 |
| influence policy makers on social service issues | skill | essential | 3 |
| involve service users and carers in care planning | skill | essential | 3 |
| legal requirements in the social sector | skill | essential | 3 |
| liaise with local authorities | skill | essential | 3 |
| listen actively | skill | essential | 3 |
| maintain records of work with service users | skill | essential | 3 |
| maintain relationships with government agencies | skill | essential | 3 |
| maintain relations with local representatives | skill | essential | 3 |
| manage accounts | skill | essential | 3 |
| manage a social work unit | skill | essential | 3 |
| manage budgets for social services programs | skill | essential | 3 |
| manage ethical issues within social services | skill | essential | 3 |
| manage fundraising activities | skill | essential | 3 |
| manage government funding | skill | essential | 3 |
| manage health and safety standards | skill | essential | 3 |
| manage social crisis | skill | essential | 3 |
| manage staff | skill | essential | 3 |
| manage stress in the work place | skill | essential | 3 |
| monitor regulations in social services | skill | essential | 3 |
| pedagogy | skill | essential | 3 |
| perform public relations | skill | essential | 3 |
| perform risk analysis | skill | essential | 3 |
| plan allocation of space | skill | essential | 3 |
| plan social service process | skill | essential | 3 |
| prevent social problems | skill | essential | 3 |
| Problem Solving and Critical Thinking | competency | essential | 3 |
| promote inclusion | skill | essential | 3 |
| promote social awareness | skill | essential | 3 |
| promote social change | skill | essential | 3 |
| promote the safeguarding of young people | skill | essential | 3 |
| protect client interests | skill | essential | 3 |
| provide improvement strategies | skill | essential | 3 |
| provide safeguarding to individuals | skill | essential | 3 |
| psychology | skill | essential | 3 |
| public housing legislation | skill | essential | 3 |
| relate empathetically | skill | essential | 3 |
| report on social development | skill | essential | 3 |
| review social service plan | skill | essential | 3 |
| Self Management | competency | essential | 3 |
| set organisational policies | skill | essential | 3 |
| show intercultural awareness | skill | essential | 3 |
| social justice | skill | essential | 3 |
| social sciences | skill | essential | 3 |
| strategies for handling cases of elder abuse | skill | essential | 3 |
| undertake continuous professional development in social work | skill | essential | 3 |
| use person-centred planning | skill | essential | 3 |
| work in a multicultural environment in health care | skill | essential | 3 |
| work within communities | skill | essential | 3 |
| Influence | competency | desirable | 3 |
| advise on social security benefits | skill | desirable | 2 |
| apply change management | skill | desirable | 2 |
| apply conflict management | skill | desirable | 2 |
| apply person-centred care | skill | desirable | 2 |
| assess the development of youth | skill | desirable | 2 |
| child protection | skill | desirable | 2 |
| communicate about youth's well-being | skill | desirable | 2 |
| communicate with media | skill | desirable | 2 |
| communicate with others who are significant to service users | skill | desirable | 2 |
| communicate with youth | skill | desirable | 2 |
| conduct interview in social service | skill | desirable | 2 |
| contribute to the safeguarding of children | skill | desirable | 2 |
| coordinate care | skill | desirable | 2 |
| create solutions to problems | skill | desirable | 2 |
| develop educational resources | skill | desirable | 2 |
| develop professional network | skill | desirable | 2 |
| develop social security programmes | skill | desirable | 2 |
| disability care | skill | desirable | 2 |
| ensure cross-department cooperation | skill | desirable | 2 |
| ensure public safety and security | skill | desirable | 2 |
| financial management | skill | desirable | 2 |
| handle children's problems | skill | desirable | 2 |
| health care system | skill | desirable | 2 |
| implement care programmes for children | skill | desirable | 2 |
| investigate social security applications | skill | desirable | 2 |
| maintain relations with children's parents | skill | desirable | 2 |
| manage administrative systems | skill | desirable | 2 |
| manage budgets | skill | desirable | 2 |
| manage emergency procedures | skill | desirable | 2 |
| manage government policy implementation | skill | desirable | 2 |
| manage health and safety | skill | desirable | 2 |
| meet standards of practice in social services | skill | desirable | 2 |
| older adults' needs | skill | desirable | 2 |
| organisational policies | skill | desirable | 2 |
| organise facility activities | skill | desirable | 2 |
| organise operations of residential care services | skill | desirable | 2 |
| oversee quality control | skill | desirable | 2 |
| perform project management | skill | desirable | 2 |
| personnel management | skill | desirable | 2 |
| plan shifts of employees | skill | desirable | 2 |
| plan youth activities | skill | desirable | 2 |
| present reports | skill | desirable | 2 |
| procurement legislation | skill | desirable | 2 |
| project management principles | skill | desirable | 2 |
| propose leisure activities | skill | desirable | 2 |
| respond to enquiries | skill | desirable | 2 |
| social security law | skill | desirable | 2 |
| supervise children | skill | desirable | 2 |
| support children's wellbeing | skill | desirable | 2 |
| support social service users in skills management | skill | desirable | 2 |
| tend to elderly people | skill | desirable | 2 |
| train employees | skill | desirable | 2 |