ISCO Specialization 3412.4.8 Mental Health Support Worker
From Open Risk Manual
Definition
Mental Health Support Worker: Mental health support workers assist and provide treatment to people with mental, emotional, or substance abuse problems. They focus on personalised cases and monitor the recovery process of their clients, providing also therapy, crisis intervention, client advocacy and education.
Essential Skills
- Follow Health And Safety Precautions In Social Care Practices
- Undertake Continuous Professional Development In Social Work
- Tolerate Stress
- Assess The Development Of Youth
- Promote The Safeguarding Of Young People
- Promote Social Change
- Apply Quality Standards In Social Services
- Assess Social Service Users' Situation
- Maintain Records Of Work With Service Users
- Delegate Activities
- Assist Social Service Users In Formulating Complaints
- Comply With Legislation In Social Services
- Demonstrate Leadership In Social Service Cases
- Maintain Privacy Of Service Users
- Involve Service Users And Carers In Care Planning
- Relate Empathetically
- Prevent Social Problems
- Assist Social Service Users With Physical Disabilities
- Assist Disabled Individuals To Participate In Community Activities
- Legal Requirements In The Social Sector
- Communicate Professionally With Colleagues In Other Fields
- Apply Person-Centred Care
- Promote Inclusion
- Build Helping Relationship With Social Service Users
- Social Sciences
- Support Service Users In Developing Skills
- Customer Service
- Work Within Communities
- Maintain The Trust Of Service Users
- Support The Positiveness Of Youths
- Manage Social Crisis
- Monitor Service Users' Health
- Provide Social Counselling
- Apply Problem Solving In Social Service
- Communicate With Social Service Users
- Deliver Social Services In Diverse Cultural Communities
- Encourage Social Service Users To Preserve Their Independence In Their Daily Activities
- Manage Stress In Organisation
- Support Service Users To Use Technological Aids
- Support Harmed Social Service Users
- Contribute To Protecting Individuals From Harm
- Apply Socially Just Working Principles
- Adhere To Organisational Guidelines
- Meet Standards Of Practice In Social Services
- Undertake Risk Assessment Of Clients
- Support Social Service Users With Specific Communication Needs
- Apply Organisational Techniques
- Adolescent Psychological Development
- Report On Social Development
- Advocate For Social Service Users
- Conduct Interview In Social Service
- Review Social Service Plan
- Refer Service Users To Community Resources
- Apply Decision Making Within Social Work
- Apply Holistic Approach Within Social Services
- Social Justice
- Promote Service Users' Rights
- Handle Conflicts
- Company Policies
- Work In A Multicultural Environment In Health Care
- Support Social Service Users' Positiveness
- Listen Actively
- Prepare Youths For Adulthood
- Support Social Service Users In Skills Management
- Accept Own Accountability
- Protect Vulnerable Social Service Users
Alternative Names
- Intensive Support Worker
- Mental Health Community Outreach Worker
- Str Worker
- Support, Time And Recovery Worker
- Mental Health Recovery Worker
- Mental Healthcare Worker
- Re-Ablement Worker
- Mental Health Social Care Worker
- Mental Health Community Development Worker
- Mental Healthcare Support Worker
- Mental Health Outreach Worker
