ISCO Specialization 2635.3.18 Migrant Social Worker

From Open Risk Manual

Definition

Migrant Social Worker: Migrant social workers provide advice to migrants in order to guide them through the necessary steps of integration, namely living and working in a foreign country. They explain eligibility criteria, rights, and duties. They help migrants in the development and maintenance of their information as clients for further referral to day care, social services and employment programs. Migrant support workers collaborate with employers and inform them of the available migrant services, advocating for migrant clients.

Essential Skills

  • Social Sciences
  • Support Migrants To Integrate In The Receiving Country
  • Listen Actively
  • Work Within Communities
  • Refer Social Service Users
  • Have Computer Literacy
  • Meet Standards Of Practice In Social Services
  • Empower Social Service Users
  • Advocate For Social Service Users
  • Adolescent Psychological Development
  • Conduct Interview In Social Service
  • Manage Social Crisis
  • Support The Positiveness Of Youths
  • Apply Quality Standards In Social Services
  • Deliver Social Services In Diverse Cultural Communities
  • Develop Professional Network
  • Reflect On Practice
  • Adhere To Organisational Guidelines
  • Apply Person-Centred Care
  • Involve Service Users And Carers In Care Planning
  • Apply Case Management
  • Legal Requirements In The Social Sector
  • Maintain Records Of Work With Service Users
  • Work In A Multicultural Environment In Health Care
  • Contribute To Protecting Individuals From Harm
  • Migration
  • Apply Problem Solving In Social Service
  • Prevent Social Problems
  • Promote Service Users' Rights
  • Manage Ethical Issues Within Social Services
  • Negotiate With Social Service Stakeholders
  • Build Helping Relationship With Social Service Users
  • Immigration Law
  • Undertake Continuous Professional Development In Social Work
  • Prepare Youths For Adulthood
  • Promote Social Change
  • Apply Decision Making Within Social Work
  • Address Problems Critically
  • Assess The Development Of Youth
  • Cooperate At Inter-Professional Level
  • Accept Own Accountability
  • Protect Vulnerable Social Service Users
  • Provide Social Counselling
  • Develop Professional Identity In Social Work
  • Communicate With Social Service Users
  • Apply Anti-Oppressive Practices
  • Manage Stress In Organisation
  • Social Justice
  • Demonstrate Leadership In Social Service Cases
  • Tolerate Stress
  • Plan Social Service Process
  • Consider Social Impact Of Actions On Service Users
  • Make Legislation Transparent For Users Of Social Services
  • Provide Immigration Advice
  • Promote Inclusion
  • Handle Conflicts
  • Follow Health And Safety Precautions In Social Care Practices
  • Relate Empathetically
  • Work In Partnership With Social Services Users
  • Assess Social Service Users' Situation
  • Report On Social Development
  • Apply Crisis Intervention
  • Apply Organisational Techniques
  • Apply Holistic Approach Within Social Services
  • Company Policies
  • Communicate Professionally With Colleagues In Other Fields
  • Delegate Activities
  • Apply Socially Just Working Principles
  • Review Social Service Plan
  • Organise Social Work Packages
  • Social Work Theory
  • Promote The Safeguarding Of Young People
  • Negotiate With Social Service Users


Optional Skills

  • Support Children Who Have Experienced Trauma


Alternative Names

  • Cultural Mediator Social Worker
  • Migrant Advice And Support Worker
  • Asylum Support Worker
  • Migrant Advice Worker
  • Immigration Social Worker
  • Asylum Advice Worker
  • Social Worker
  • Refugee Social Worker
  • Immigration Support Worker
  • Immigrant Advice Worker
  • Migrant Re-Settlement Worker


Higher Level