ISCO Specialization 2635.3.8 Criminal Justice Social Worker
From Open Risk Manual
Definition
Criminal Justice Social Worker: Criminal justice social workers tackle criminal behaviour and reduce risk of reoffending by promoting and establishing programs to prevent crime within communities. They assist in prosecutions and help to investigate criminal cases. They assist prisoners reinsert into the community after release from custody. They also support and supervise the offenders sentenced to community service and provide support to the victims and the people closely affected by the crime.
Essential Skills
- Manage Social Crisis
- Handle Conflicts
- Contribute To Protecting Individuals From Harm
- Manage Stress In Organisation
- Negotiate With Social Service Stakeholders
- Advocate For Social Service Users
- Deliver Social Services In Diverse Cultural Communities
- Apply Organisational Techniques
- Promote Inclusion
- Social Work Theory
- Manage Ethical Issues Within Social Services
- Apply Crisis Intervention
- Apply Person-Centred Care
- Prevent Social Problems
- Reflect On Practice
- Empower Social Service Users
- Relate Empathetically
- Make Legislation Transparent For Users Of Social Services
- Company Policies
- Review Social Service Plan
- Address Problems Critically
- Communicate With Social Service Users
- Develop Professional Identity In Social Work
- Tolerate Stress
- Involve Service Users And Carers In Care Planning
- Engage With Offenders
- Adhere To Organisational Guidelines
- Delegate Activities
- Provide Testimony In Court Hearings
- Assess Offenders' Risk Behaviour
- Accept Own Accountability
- Apply Holistic Approach Within Social Services
- Apply Decision Making Within Social Work
- Apply Problem Solving In Social Service
- Report On Social Development
- Legal Requirements In The Social Sector
- Assess Social Service Users' Situation
- Build Helping Relationship With Social Service Users
- Apply Anti-Oppressive Practices
- Undertake Continuous Professional Development In Social Work
- Apply Quality Standards In Social Services
- Apply Socially Just Working Principles
- Organise Social Work Packages
- Apply Case Management
- Promote Service Users' Rights
- Conduct Interview In Social Service
- Social Justice
- Negotiate With Social Service Users
- Promote Social Change
- Develop Professional Network
- Listen Actively
- Cooperate At Inter-Professional Level
- Plan Social Service Process
- Work In A Multicultural Environment In Health Care
- Meet Standards Of Practice In Social Services
- Communicate Professionally With Colleagues In Other Fields
- Refer Social Service Users
- Have Computer Literacy
- Social Sciences
- Demonstrate Leadership In Social Service Cases
- Apply Knowledge Of Human Behaviour
- Work In Partnership With Social Services Users
- Follow Health And Safety Precautions In Social Care Practices
- Protect Vulnerable Social Service Users
- Provide Social Counselling
- Criminal Law
- Maintain Records Of Work With Service Users
- Consider Social Impact Of Actions On Service Users
- Work Within Communities
Optional Skills
- Support The Positiveness Of Youths
- Advise On Conflict Management
- Prepare Youths For Adulthood
- Assess The Development Of Youth
- Court Procedures
- Create Criminal Profiles
- Adolescent Psychological Development
- Analyse Legal Evidence
- Review Criminal Acts
- Promote The Safeguarding Of Young People
Alternative Names
- Prison Social Worker
- Social Worker, Criminal Justice
- Probation Social Worker
- Family Court Adviser
- Family Court Advisor
