ISCO Specialization 2635.3.25 Victim Support Officer
From Open Risk Manual
Definition
Victim Support Officer: Victim support officers provide assistance and counselling to people who were victim of or have witnessed crimes such as sexual assault, domestic abuse or anti-social behaviour. They develop solutions according to the different needs and feelings of persons.
Essential Skills
- Plan Social Service Process
- Manage Ethical Issues Within Social Services
- Social Sciences
- Apply Anti-Oppressive Practices
- Follow Health And Safety Precautions In Social Care Practices
- Organise Social Work Packages
- Assess Social Service Users' Situation
- Handle Conflicts
- Listen Actively
- Contribute To Protecting Individuals From Harm
- Conduct Interview In Social Service
- Delegate Activities
- Reflect On Practice
- Make Legislation Transparent For Users Of Social Services
- Cooperate At Inter-Professional Level
- Apply Problem Solving In Social Service
- Communicate Professionally With Colleagues In Other Fields
- Work In A Multicultural Environment In Health Care
- Manage Stress In Organisation
- Apply Organisational Techniques
- Crisis Intervention
- Apply Crisis Intervention
- Demonstrate Leadership In Social Service Cases
- Support Juvenile Victims
- Support Victims Of Human Rights Violations
- Consider Social Impact Of Actions On Service Users
- Apply Decision Making Within Social Work
- Apply Quality Standards In Social Services
- Negotiate With Social Service Stakeholders
- Report On Social Development
- Advocate For Social Service Users
- Provide Social Counselling
- Involve Service Users And Carers In Care Planning
- Maintain Records Of Work With Service Users
- Social Justice
- Build Helping Relationship With Social Service Users
- Apply Holistic Approach Within Social Services
- Legal Requirements In The Social Sector
- Apply Case Management
- Develop Professional Identity In Social Work
- Apply Socially Just Working Principles
- Address Problems Critically
- Undertake Continuous Professional Development In Social Work
- Promote Inclusion
- Communicate With Social Service Users
- Promote Social Change
- Work Within Communities
- Have Computer Literacy
- Empower Social Service Users
- Tolerate Stress
- Prevent Social Problems
- Manage Social Crisis
- Deliver Social Services In Diverse Cultural Communities
- Refer Social Service Users
- Provide Victim Assistance
- Company Policies
- Review Social Service Plan
- Protect Vulnerable Social Service Users
- Negotiate With Social Service Users
- Promote Service Users' Rights
- Work In Partnership With Social Services Users
- Adhere To Organisational Guidelines
- Develop Professional Network
- Relate Empathetically
- Accept Own Accountability
- Apply Person-Centred Care
- Meet Standards Of Practice In Social Services
- Social Work Theory
Optional Skills
- Handle Humanitarian Response Programs
- Support Volunteers
- Crime Victims' Needs
- Work On The Effects Of Abuse
- Prepare Youths For Adulthood
- Strategies For Handling Cases Of Sexual Assault
- Assess The Development Of Youth
- Legal Compensation For Victims Of Crime
- Support The Positiveness Of Youths
- Humanitarian Aid Actors
- Promote The Safeguarding Of Young People
- Criminal Law
- Support Children Who Have Experienced Trauma
- Adolescent Psychological Development
- Crime Victims' Rights
Alternative Names
- Senior Victims Support Officer
- Victims Caseworker
- Victim Service Manager
- Victim Care Officer
- Victim Assistance Social Worker
- Victim Service Officer
- Relief Worker
- Victime And Witness Support Officer
- Restorative Justice Officer
- Domestic Abuse Support Worker
- Support Coordinator
- Victim Support Social Worker
