Meet standards of practice in social services

Essential for

• Child care social worker
  Child care social workers provide social services to children and their families in order to improve their social and psychological functioning. They aim to maximize family's well-…
• Consultant social worker
  Consultant social workers deliver high quality social work services by contributing to the development and improvement of social work and social care practice. They contribute to p…
• Education welfare officer
  Education welfare officers address the social and psychological well-being of students. They counsel students concerning their personal issues that affect their school behaviour, p…
• Foster care support worker
  Foster care support workers assist and support mentally or physically abused children to be legally separated from their parents. They help them to recover by placing them in appro…
• Child welfare worker
  Child welfare workers provide early intervention and support to children and their families in order to improve their social and psychological functioning. They aim to maximise the…
• Social work practice educator
  Social work practice educators teach, supervise and assess social work students prior, during and after they have obtained their degree. They contribute to their placement and have…
• Social work researcher
  Social work researchers manage research projects aiming to investigate and provide reports on social issues. They first perform research by gathering information through interviews…
• Gerontology social worker
  Gerontology social workers provide assistance to elderly individuals and their families helping them to cope with their biopsychosocial needs. They help connecting the elderly with…
• Child day care worker
  Child day care workers provide social services to children and their families in order to improve their social and psychological functioning. They aim to maximise family's well-bei…
• Social worker
  Social workers are practice-based professionals who promote social change and development, social cohesion, and the empowerment and liberation of people. They interact with individ…
• Youth offending team worker
  Youth offending team workers support young offenders by preventing them from reoffending, counselling them for behavioural changes, referring them to agencies that provide housing,…
• Family support worker
  Family support workers provide emotional and practical help and advice to families that go through difficulties such as addictions, disabilities, sickness, imprisoned parents, mari…
• Residential childcare worker
  Residential childcare workers counsel and support children who have physical or mental disabilities. They monitor their progress and provide them with care in a positive living env…
• Housing support worker
  Housing support workers provide support and assistance to elderly, people with a physical impairment or learning disability, homeless people, ex-drug addicts, ex-alcohol addicts or…
• Social work assistant
  Social work assistants are practice-based professionals who promote social change and development, social cohesion, and the empowerment and liberation of people. They interact with…
• Residential home older adult care worker
  Residential home older adult care workers counsel and support the elderly who have physical or mental disabilities. They monitor their progress and provide them with care in a posi…
• 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 their clients…
• Residential home young people care worker
  Residential home young people care workers provide assistance and support to young people who face complex emotional needs expressed in challenging behaviours. They support young …
• Clinical social worker
  Clinical social workers provide therapy, counselling, and intervention services to clients. They treat clients with personal struggles, namely mental illness, addiction, and abuse,…
• Homelessness worker
  Homelessness workers provide on-the-spot assistance, counselling and advice to people who have housing problems or live on the streets. They present them with services available to…
• Hospital social worker
  Hospital social workers provide counselling to patients and their families helping them to better cope with the illness, the emotions surrounding diagnosis, and with social and fin…
• Crisis situation social worker
  Crisis situation social workers provide emergency support and assistance to persons with physical or mental disorders by addressing their distress, impairment, and instability. The…
• Residential home adult care worker
  Residential home adult care workers counsel and support vulnerable adults with physical or mental disabilities or addiction issues. They monitor their progress and provide them wit…
• Community care case worker
  Community care case workers perform assessment and care management. They organise domiciliary services to support vulnerable adults who are living with physical impairment or conva…
• 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, adolesc…
• 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. Th…
• Social work lecturer
  Social work lecturers are professionals who exercise dual roles, on one hand they practice the academic discipline that provides social services, such as counselling, therapy or ad…
• Family social worker
  Family social workers provide emotional and practical help and advice to families that go through difficulties such as addictions, disabilities, sickness, imprisoned parents, marit…
• Military welfare worker
  Military welfare workers assist families in coping with the deployment in the military of a family member by supporting them through the adjustment process of leaving and returning…
• 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 …
• Disability support worker
  Disability support workers provide personal assistance and support to individuals of all ages with disability conditions, either intellectual or physical disabilities. They work wi…
• Mental health social worker
  Mental health social workers assist and provide counselling to people with mental, emotional, or substance abuse problems. They focus on providing personalised support to cases and…
• 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 el…
• Social work supervisor
  Social work supervisors manage social work cases by investigating alleged neglect or abuse cases. They make family dynamics assessment and provide assistance to sick people or with…
• Youth worker
  Youth workers assist and counsel young people helping them to reach their full potential by facilitating their personal, social and educational growth. They are also involved in ma…
• Palliative care social worker
  Palliative care social workers provide assistance and counselling to patients with a chronic or a terminal disease and their families with the practical arrangements. They arrange …
• Employment support worker
  Employment support workers provide assistance to people with difficulties to find a job and long-term unemployed people. They provide guidance in the creation CVs, searching for jo…
• Adult community care worker
  Adult community care workers perform assessment and care management of communities of adults who live with physical impairments or convalescing states. They aim to improve their li…
• Community social worker
  Community social workers help people in disadvantage or excluded from society to change their situation and handle their integration problems. They work with communities focusing o…
• Substance misuse worker
  Substance misuse workers provide assistance and counselling to people with substance abuse problems. They monitor their progress, advocate for them, and performe crisis interventio…
• Rehabilitation support worker
  Rehabilitation support workers provide counselling to individuals dealing with birth defects or with major consequences caused by diseases, accidents, and burnouts. They help them …
• Child day care centre manager
  Child day care centre managers provide social services to children and their families. They supervise and support child care workers and manage the childcare facilities. Child day …
• Community development social worker
  Community development social workers support individuals, families, and groups in socially or financially deprived areas. They provide leadership and bring local people together to…

Optional for

• Social services manager
  Social services managers have the responsibility for strategic and operational leadership and management of staff teams and resources within and or across social services. They are…