ISCO Occupation Group 3412.4 Social Care Worker
From Open Risk Manual
Contents
Definition
Social Care Worker: Social care workers provide support and help people with care services. They help people to live full and valued lives in the community. They assist babies, young children, adolescents, adults and older adults.They attend to the psychological, social, emotional and physical needs of service users. They work in a large variety of settings with individuals, families, groups, organisations and communities.
Essential Skills
- Manage Social Crisis
- Apply Problem Solving In Social Service
- Support Harmed Social Service Users
- Social Justice
- Relate Empathetically
- Support Service Users To Use Technological Aids
- Apply Person-Centred Care
- Encourage Social Service Users To Preserve Their Independence In Their Daily Activities
- Work In A Multicultural Environment In Health Care
- Manage Stress In Organisation
- Report On Social Development
- Support Social Service Users' Positiveness
- Tolerate Stress
- Advocate For Social Service Users
- Work Within Communities
- Communicate Professionally With Colleagues In Other Fields
- Assess Social Service Users' Situation
- Assist Disabled Individuals To Participate In Community Activities
- Assist Social Service Users With Physical Disabilities
- Maintain The Trust Of Service Users
- Monitor Service Users' Health
- Apply Socially Just Working Principles
- Support Social Service Users With Specific Communication Needs
- Company Policies
- Apply Decision Making Within Social Work
- Undertake Continuous Professional Development In Social Work
- Apply Quality Standards In Social Services
- Review Social Service Plan
- Build Helping Relationship With Social Service Users
- Accept Own Accountability
- Deliver Social Services In Diverse Cultural Communities
- Adhere To Organisational Guidelines
- Customer Service
- Prevent Social Problems
- Comply With Legislation In Social Services
- Maintain Records Of Work With Service Users
- Follow Health And Safety Precautions In Social Care Practices
- Support Social Service Users In Skills Management
- Maintain Privacy Of Service Users
- Promote Service Users' Rights
- Apply Holistic Approach Within Social Services
- Listen Actively
- Protect Vulnerable Social Service Users
- Conduct Interview In Social Service
- Undertake Risk Assessment Of Clients
- Assist Social Service Users In Formulating Complaints
- Delegate Activities
- Meet Standards Of Practice In Social Services
- Involve Service Users And Carers In Care Planning
- Demonstrate Leadership In Social Service Cases
- Handle Conflicts
- Promote Social Change
- Provide Social Counselling
- Legal Requirements In The Social Sector
- Social Sciences
- Refer Service Users To Community Resources
- Apply Organisational Techniques
- Promote Inclusion
- Support Service Users In Developing Skills
- Communicate With Social Service Users
- Contribute To Protecting Individuals From Harm
Optional Skills
- Assist With Personal Administration Issues
- Determine Child Placement
- Prepare Youths For Adulthood
- Disability Care
- Contribute To The Safeguarding Of Children
- Support Social Service Users To Live At Home
- Implement Care Programmes For Children
- Address Public Health Issues
- Provide Social Guidance Over The Phone
- Assess The Development Of Youth
- Older Adults' Needs
- Assist With Self-Medication
- Disability Types
- Conduct Foster Care Visits
- Evaluate Prospective Foster Parents
- Assist Children With Special Needs In Education Settings
- Provide Testimony In Court Hearings
- Maintain Relations With Children'S Parents
- Provide In-Home Support For Disabled Individuals
- Provide First Aid
- Support Social Service Users At The End Of Life
- Adolescent Psychological Development
- Evaluate Older Adults' Ability To Take Care Of Themselves
- Support Children Who Have Experienced Trauma
- Supervise Children
- Support Social Service Users To Manage Their Financial Affairs
- Support The Positiveness Of Youths
- Support Individuals To Adjust To Physical Disability
- Assist Families In Crisis Situations
- Promote The Safeguarding Of Young People
- Apply Foreign Languages In Social Services
- Work With Social Service Users In A Group
- Manage Children'S Problems
- Apply A Holistic Approach In Care
- Use E-Health And Mobile Health Technologies
- Child Protection
- Advise On Housing
- Communicate With Youth
- Communicate By Use Of Interpretation In Social Services
- Plan Social Service Process
- Conduct Cleaning Tasks
- Distribute Meals To Patients
- Family Law
- Support Children'S Wellbeing
- Perform Child Welfare Investigations
- Children'S Physical Development
Alternative Names
- Senior Care Worker
- Care Worker
- Social Care Assistant
- Community Social Care Worker
- Senior Social Care Worker
