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The skills this job asks for, and the level for each.
320 skills listed by ESCO, 235 of them essential. 320 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 319, essentials first. The table below lists them all.
| Skill | Type | Necessity | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collaboration | competency | essential | 4 |
| accept own accountability | 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 gender-related issues in family planning counselling | skill | essential | 3 |
| address problems critically | skill | essential | 3 |
| adhere to organisational guidelines | skill | essential | 3 |
| adolescent psychological development | skill | essential | 3 |
| advise on family planning | skill | essential | 3 |
| advise on legal decisions | skill | essential | 3 |
| advise on mental health | skill | essential | 3 |
| advise on pregnancy | skill | essential | 3 |
| advise on social enterprise | skill | essential | 3 |
| advise on social security benefits | skill | essential | 3 |
| advise on training courses | skill | essential | 3 |
| advocate for healthcare users' needs | skill | essential | 3 |
| advocate for social service users | skill | essential | 3 |
| apply anti-oppressive practices | skill | essential | 3 |
| apply case management | skill | essential | 3 |
| apply crisis intervention | skill | essential | 3 |
| apply decision making within social work | skill | essential | 3 |
| apply holistic approach within social services | skill | essential | 3 |
| apply knowledge of human behaviour | skill | essential | 3 |
| apply organisational techniques | skill | essential | 3 |
| apply person-centred care | skill | essential | 3 |
| apply problem solving in social service | skill | essential | 3 |
| apply quality standards in social services | skill | essential | 3 |
| apply quality standards in youth services | skill | essential | 3 |
| apply socially just working principles | skill | essential | 3 |
| arrange in-home services for patients | skill | essential | 3 |
| assess clients' drug and alcohol addictions | skill | essential | 3 |
| assess offenders' risk behaviour | skill | essential | 3 |
| assess social service users' situation | skill | essential | 3 |
| assess the development of youth | skill | essential | 3 |
| assist families in crisis situations | skill | essential | 3 |
| assist the homeless | skill | essential | 3 |
| behavioural disorders | skill | essential | 3 |
| behavioural therapy | skill | essential | 3 |
| build community relations | skill | essential | 3 |
| build helping relationship with social service users | skill | essential | 3 |
| build trust | skill | essential | 3 |
| child protection | skill | essential | 3 |
| client-centred counselling | skill | essential | 3 |
| clinical social work | skill | essential | 3 |
| cognitive behavioural therapy | skill | essential | 3 |
| collaborate through digital technologies | skill | essential | 3 |
| communicate about youth's well-being | skill | essential | 3 |
| communicate professionally with colleagues in other fields | skill | essential | 3 |
| communicate with social service users | skill | essential | 3 |
| communicate with youth | skill | essential | 3 |
| Communication | competency | essential | 3 |
| communication principles | skill | essential | 3 |
| company policies | skill | essential | 3 |
| comply with legislation related to health care | skill | essential | 3 |
| conduct educational activities | skill | essential | 3 |
| conduct forensic evaluations | skill | essential | 3 |
| conduct interview in social service | skill | essential | 3 |
| consider social impact of actions on service users | skill | essential | 3 |
| consultation | skill | essential | 3 |
| consult student's support system | 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 |
| counselling methods | skill | essential | 3 |
| counsel on end-of-life care | skill | essential | 3 |
| counsel patient on family concerns | skill | essential | 3 |
| counsel students | skill | essential | 3 |
| criminal law | skill | essential | 3 |
| crisis intervention | skill | essential | 3 |
| deliver social services in diverse cultural communities | skill | essential | 3 |
| demonstrate leadership in social service cases | skill | essential | 3 |
| dependency on drugs | skill | essential | 3 |
| determine child welfare | skill | essential | 3 |
| develop a collaborative therapeutic relationship | skill | essential | 3 |
| develop documentation in accordance with legal requirements | skill | essential | 3 |
| develop non-formal educational activities | skill | essential | 3 |
| develop professional identity in social work | skill | essential | 3 |
| develop professional network | skill | essential | 3 |
| develop social security programmes | skill | essential | 3 |
| diagnose psychiatric symptoms | skill | essential | 3 |
| diagnosis of mental health issues | skill | essential | 3 |
| disability care | skill | essential | 3 |
| disability types | skill | essential | 3 |
| employment law | skill | essential | 3 |
| empower individuals, families and groups | skill | essential | 3 |
| empower social service users | skill | essential | 3 |
| empower young people | skill | essential | 3 |
| enable access to services | skill | essential | 3 |
| encourage counselled clients to examine themselves | skill | essential | 3 |
| engage with offenders | skill | essential | 3 |
| ensure sentence execution | skill | essential | 3 |
| establish connections with young people | skill | essential | 3 |
| evaluate older adults' ability to take care of themselves | skill | essential | 3 |
| exercise patience | skill | essential | 3 |
| facilitate the healing process related to sexual assault | skill | essential | 3 |
| family law | skill | essential | 3 |
| family therapy | skill | essential | 3 |
| follow health and safety precautions in social care practices | skill | essential | 3 |
| forensic psychiatry | skill | essential | 3 |
| geriatrics | skill | essential | 3 |
| give constructive feedback | skill | essential | 3 |
| guarantee students' safety | skill | essential | 3 |
| have computer literacy | skill | essential | 3 |
| have emotional intelligence | skill | essential | 3 |
| health care system | skill | essential | 3 |
| health education | skill | essential | 3 |
| help clients cope with grief | skill | essential | 3 |
| help clients make decisions during counselling sessions | skill | essential | 3 |
| human psychological development | skill | essential | 3 |
| identify available services | skill | essential | 3 |
| identify customer's needs | skill | essential | 3 |
| identify information needs of young people | skill | essential | 3 |
| identify mental health issues | skill | essential | 3 |
| identify skills gaps | skill | essential | 3 |
| identify sources on potential target communities for art | skill | essential | 3 |
| illegal substances | skill | essential | 3 |
| immigration law | skill | essential | 3 |
| Influence | competency | essential | 3 |
| inform on the risks of substance and alcohol abuse | skill | essential | 3 |
| involve service users and carers in care planning | skill | essential | 3 |
| job market offers | skill | essential | 3 |
| learning difficulties | skill | essential | 3 |
| legal requirements in the social sector | skill | essential | 3 |
| listen actively | skill | essential | 3 |
| maintain a non-emotional involvement | skill | essential | 3 |
| maintain privacy | skill | essential | 3 |
| maintain records of work with service users | skill | essential | 3 |
| maintain relationship with suppliers | skill | essential | 3 |
| maintain the trust of service users | skill | essential | 3 |
| maintain updated professional knowledge | skill | essential | 3 |
| make legislation transparent for users of social services | skill | essential | 3 |
| manage a social work unit | skill | essential | 3 |
| manage data, information and digital content | skill | essential | 3 |
| manage ethical issues within social services | skill | essential | 3 |
| manage social crisis | skill | essential | 3 |
| manage stress in the work place | skill | essential | 3 |
| manage youth information services | skill | essential | 3 |
| media and information literacy | skill | essential | 3 |
| meet standards of practice in social services | skill | essential | 3 |
| mentor individuals | skill | essential | 3 |
| migration | skill | essential | 3 |
| monitor student's behaviour | skill | essential | 3 |
| negotiate with social service stakeholders | skill | essential | 3 |
| negotiate with social service users | skill | essential | 3 |
| older adults' needs | skill | essential | 3 |
| organise information services | skill | essential | 3 |
| organise relapse prevention | skill | essential | 3 |
| organise social work packages | skill | essential | 3 |
| palliative care | skill | essential | 3 |
| pedagogy | skill | essential | 3 |
| perform fundraising activities | skill | essential | 3 |
| perform risk analysis | skill | essential | 3 |
| perform street interventions in social work | skill | essential | 3 |
| perform therapy sessions | skill | essential | 3 |
| personal development | skill | essential | 3 |
| personality development theories | skill | essential | 3 |
| plan social service process | skill | essential | 3 |
| prepare youths for adulthood | skill | essential | 3 |
| prevent social problems | skill | essential | 3 |
| Problem Solving and Critical Thinking | competency | essential | 3 |
| Project Management | skill | essential | 3 |
| promote human rights | skill | essential | 3 |
| promote inclusion | skill | essential | 3 |
| promote mental health | skill | essential | 3 |
| promote service users' rights | skill | essential | 3 |
| promote social change | skill | essential | 3 |
| promote social security programmes | skill | essential | 3 |
| promote the safeguarding of young people | skill | essential | 3 |
| promote youth work in the local community | skill | essential | 3 |
| protect vulnerable social service users | skill | essential | 3 |
| provide community development services | skill | essential | 3 |
| provide counselling on abortion | skill | essential | 3 |
| provide domestic care | skill | essential | 3 |
| provide education on family life | skill | essential | 3 |
| provide immigration advice | skill | essential | 3 |
| provide information | skill | essential | 3 |
| provide social counselling | skill | essential | 3 |
| provide support to social services users | skill | essential | 3 |
| provide testimony in court hearings | skill | essential | 3 |
| provide victim assistance | skill | essential | 3 |
| provide youth information counselling | skill | essential | 3 |
| psychological effects of war | skill | essential | 3 |
| psychological theories | skill | essential | 3 |
| psychology | skill | essential | 3 |
| raise awareness on local community's priorities | skill | essential | 3 |
| reach out to diverse youth | skill | essential | 3 |
| refer social service users | skill | essential | 3 |
| reflexion | skill | essential | 3 |
| rehabilitation | skill | essential | 3 |
| reinforce positive behaviour | skill | essential | 3 |
| relate empathetically | skill | essential | 3 |
| report on social development | skill | essential | 3 |
| reproductive health | skill | essential | 3 |
| respond to individuals' extreme emotions | skill | essential | 3 |
| restorative justice | skill | essential | 3 |
| review social service plan | skill | essential | 3 |
| screen clients | skill | essential | 3 |
| Self Management | competency | essential | 3 |
| sex education | skill | essential | 3 |
| sexual disorders | skill | essential | 3 |
| show consideration for student's situation | skill | essential | 3 |
| social development | skill | essential | 3 |
| social entreprise | skill | essential | 3 |
| social justice | skill | essential | 3 |
| social media management | skill | essential | 3 |
| social pedagogy | skill | essential | 3 |
| social sciences | skill | essential | 3 |
| social security law | skill | essential | 3 |
| social work theory | skill | essential | 3 |
| stages of bereavement | skill | essential | 3 |
| strategies for handling cases of elder abuse | skill | essential | 3 |
| strategies for handling cases of sexual assault | skill | essential | 3 |
| supervise students in social services | skill | essential | 3 |
| supervision of persons | skill | essential | 3 |
| support children's wellbeing | skill | essential | 3 |
| support individuals to adjust to physical disability | skill | essential | 3 |
| support juvenile victims | skill | essential | 3 |
| support migrants to integrate in the receiving country | skill | essential | 3 |
| support social service users at the end of life | skill | essential | 3 |
| support social service users to live at home | skill | essential | 3 |
| support social service users to manage their financial affairs | skill | essential | 3 |
| support the autonomy of young people | skill | essential | 3 |
| support the positiveness of youths | skill | essential | 3 |
| support traumatised children | skill | essential | 3 |
| support victims of human rights violations | skill | essential | 3 |
| support young victims of sexual assault | skill | essential | 3 |
| tackle issues that block academic progress | skill | essential | 3 |
| tolerate stress | skill | essential | 3 |
| train employees | skill | essential | 3 |
| types of psychotherapy sessions | skill | essential | 3 |
| undertake continuous professional development in social work | skill | essential | 3 |
| use clinical assessment techniques | skill | essential | 3 |
| use motivational incentives in addiction counselling | skill | essential | 3 |
| use pedagogic strategies for creativity | skill | essential | 3 |
| use psychoeducation | skill | essential | 3 |
| work in a multicultural environment in health care | skill | essential | 3 |
| work in multidisciplinary health teams | skill | essential | 3 |
| work on the effects of abuse | skill | essential | 3 |
| work within communities | skill | essential | 3 |
| write work-related reports | skill | essential | 3 |
| youth-centred approach | skill | essential | 3 |
| youth work principles | skill | essential | 3 |
| Digital Fluency | competency | essential | 2 |
| accounting techniques | skill | desirable | 2 |
| adapt teaching to target group | skill | desirable | 2 |
| administer appointments | skill | desirable | 2 |
| adult education | skill | desirable | 2 |
| advise on conflict management | skill | desirable | 2 |
| analyse legal evidence | skill | desirable | 2 |
| anger management | skill | desirable | 2 |
| apply foreign languages in social services | skill | desirable | 2 |
| assessment processes | skill | desirable | 2 |
| assess social work students | skill | desirable | 2 |
| assist children with special needs in education settings | skill | desirable | 2 |
| assist in the organisation of school events | skill | desirable | 2 |
| assist with funeral planning | skill | desirable | 2 |
| business communication | skill | desirable | 2 |
| carry out psychiatric assessment of child | skill | desirable | 2 |
| carry out social work research | skill | desirable | 2 |
| communicate by use of interpretation services | skill | desirable | 2 |
| community education | skill | desirable | 2 |
| compile legal documents | skill | desirable | 2 |
| cooperate with education professionals | skill | desirable | 2 |
| coordinate community arts activities | skill | desirable | 2 |
| counsel patients on fertility treatments | skill | desirable | 2 |
| court procedures | skill | desirable | 2 |
| create criminal profiles | skill | desirable | 2 |
| crime victims' needs | skill | desirable | 2 |
| crime victims' rights | skill | desirable | 2 |
| criminology | skill | desirable | 2 |
| developmental psychology | skill | desirable | 2 |
| develop patient treatment strategies | skill | desirable | 2 |
| document evidence | skill | desirable | 2 |
| education law | skill | desirable | 2 |
| establish collaborative relations | skill | desirable | 2 |
| government social security programmes | skill | desirable | 2 |
| handle humanitarian response programs | skill | desirable | 2 |
| humanitarian aid actors | skill | desirable | 2 |
| identify security threats | skill | desirable | 2 |
| interview people | skill | desirable | 2 |
| law enforcement | skill | desirable | 2 |
| learning needs analysis | skill | desirable | 2 |
| legal compensation for victims of crime | skill | desirable | 2 |
| legal research | skill | desirable | 2 |
| liaise with educational staff | skill | desirable | 2 |
| liaise with educational support staff | skill | desirable | 2 |
| manage volunteers | skill | desirable | 2 |
| monitor children's physical development | skill | desirable | 2 |
| movement techniques | skill | desirable | 2 |
| occupational health | skill | desirable | 2 |
| oversee extra-curricular activities | skill | desirable | 2 |
| oversee rehabilitation process | skill | desirable | 2 |
| peer group methods | skill | desirable | 2 |
| perform educational testing | skill | desirable | 2 |
| perform playground surveillance | skill | desirable | 2 |
| pharmacology | skill | desirable | 2 |
| plan youth activities | skill | desirable | 2 |
| practice gestalt therapy | skill | desirable | 2 |
| present evidence | skill | desirable | 2 |
| present reports | skill | desirable | 2 |
| primary school procedures | skill | desirable | 2 |
| provide anger management counselling | skill | desirable | 2 |
| provide information on school services | skill | desirable | 2 |
| provide stroke rehabilitation services | skill | desirable | 2 |
| psychological counselling methods | skill | desirable | 2 |
| public housing legislation | skill | desirable | 2 |
| relaxation techniques | skill | desirable | 2 |
| review criminal acts | skill | desirable | 2 |
| school psychology | skill | desirable | 2 |
| screen reader | skill | desirable | 2 |
| secondary school procedures | skill | desirable | 2 |
| social mediation | skill | desirable | 2 |
| sophrology | skill | desirable | 2 |
| special needs education | skill | desirable | 2 |
| support sport activities in education | skill | desirable | 2 |
| support volunteers | skill | desirable | 2 |
| teach principles of social work | skill | desirable | 2 |
| teamwork principles | skill | desirable | 2 |
| theatre pedagogy | skill | desirable | 2 |
| therapy in health care | skill | desirable | 2 |
| treat medical conditions of elderly people | skill | desirable | 2 |
| use learning strategies | skill | desirable | 2 |
| work for public inclusion | skill | desirable | 2 |
| work with healthcare users' social network | skill | desirable | 2 |
| work with patterns of psychological behaviour | skill | desirable | 2 |
| work with social service users in a group | skill | desirable | 2 |
| write situation reports | skill | desirable | 2 |