ISCO Specialization 2635.1.3 Family Planning Counsellor
From Open Risk Manual
Definition
Family Planning Counsellor: Family planning counsellors provide support and counselling to adults and adolescents on issues such as reproduction, contraceptive methods, pregnancy or termination of pregnancy, in compliance with the legislation and practices. They also provide information about maintaining optimum health practices, sexual disease prevention and treatment recommendation referrals, working in collaboration with the professional doctors.
Essential Skills
- Counselling Methods
- Provide Termination Of Pregnancy Counselling
- Follow Health And Safety Precautions In Social Care Practices
- Help Clients Make Decisions During Counselling Sessions
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
- Legal Requirements In The Social Sector
- Client-Centred Counselling
- Accept Own Accountability
- Social Sciences
- Promote Social Change
- Organise Relapse Prevention
- Have Emotional Intelligence
- Listen Actively
- Supervision Of Persons
- Maintain The Trust Of Service Users
- Manage Stress In Organisation
- Encourage Counselled Clients To Examine Themselves
- Human Psychological Development
- Refer Social Service Users
- Build Helping Relationship With Social Service Users
- Deliver Social Services In Diverse Cultural Communities
- Maintain Records Of Work With Service Users
- Report On Social Development
- Sex Education
- Provide Social Counselling
- Psychology
- Address Gender-Related Issues In Family Planning Counselling
- Social Justice
- Advise On Pregnancy
- Relate Empathetically
- Cooperate At Inter-Professional Level
- Undertake Continuous Professional Development In Social Work
- Communicate With Social Service Users
- Maintain A Non-Emotional Involvement
- Advise On Family Planning
- Communicate Professionally With Colleagues In Other Fields
- Apply Quality Standards In Social Services
- Demonstrate Leadership In Social Service Cases
- Provide Education On Family Life
- Handle Conflicts
- Reflexion
- Apply Socially Just Working Principles
- Respond To Individuals' Extreme Emotions
- Behavioural Therapy
- Assess Social Service Users' Situation
- Reproductive Health
- Promote Inclusion
- Perform Therapy Sessions
- Promote Human Rights
- Manage Social Crisis
- Psychological Theories
Optional Skills
- Pharmacology
Alternative Names
- Family Planning Advisor
- Sexual Health Lead
- Pregnancy Advisor
- Reproductive Health Advisor
- Family Planning Clinic Advisor
- Sexual Health Advisor
- Family Planning Social Counsellor
- Senior Sexual Health Advisor
