Support the positiveness of youths

Description

Help children and young people to assess their social, emotional and identity needs and to develop a positive self image, enhance their self esteem and improve their self reliance.

Occupations requiring this skill

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Skill demand overview
  • Essential in 31 occupations
  • Optional in 17 occupations
  • Total: 48 occupations
  • Most common in: ISCO major group 2 (Professionals)

Essential for

  • Primary school teaching assistant
    Primary school teaching assistants provide instructional and practical support to primary school teachers. They reinforce instruction with students in need of extra attention and p…
  • Primary school teacher
    Primary school teachers instruct students on a primary school level. They develop lesson plans in line with curriculum objectives for the variety of subjects they teach, including …
  • Nanny
    Nannies provide qualified care services to children on the premises of the employer. They organise play activities and entertain children with games and other cultural and educativ…
  • 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-…
  • Teacher of talented and gifted students
    Talented and gifted student coordinators ensure suitable education is provided to talented and gifted students, commonly children and young adults, on various levels. They oversee …
  • 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…
  • Special educational needs assistant
    Special educational needs assistants assist special education teachers in their classroom duties. They tend to the physical needs of students with a variety of disabilities and hel…
  • 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…
  • Steiner school teacher
    Steiner school teachers educate students using approaches that reflect the (Waldorf) Steiner philosophy and principles. They focus on practical, hands-on activities in the curricul…
  • 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…
  • 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,…
  • 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…
  • Early years teacher
    Early years teachers instruct students, primarily young children aged 3 to 6, in basic subjects and creative play to develop their social and intellectual skills in an informal way…
  • 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…
  • Drug and alcohol addiction counsellor
    Drug and alcohol addiction counsellors provide assistance and counselling to individuals and families dealing with drug and alcohol addictions, monitoring their progress, advocatin…
  • 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 …
  • Montessori school teacher
    Montessori school teachers educate students using approaches that reflect the Montessori philosophy and principles developed by Dr. Maria Montessori, an Italian physician and educa…
  • Secondary school teaching assistant
    Secondary school teaching assistants provide various support services to secondary school teachers such as instructional and practical support. They help with the preparation of le…
  • Freinet school teacher
    Freinet school teachers educate students using approaches that reflect the Freinet philosophy and principles developed by Célestin Freinet, a French pedagogue and educational refor…
  • 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…
  • Special educational needs teacher
    A Special Educational Needs Teacher is an educator who specializes in supporting students with a wide range of learning, physical, and emotional disabilities. SEN Teachers provide …
  • 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…
  • Early years special educational needs teacher
    Early years special educational needs teachers provide specially designed instruction to students with a variety of disabilities on a kindergarten level and ensure they reach their…
  • 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…
  • Sexual violence counsellor
    Sexual violence counsellors provide support services, crisis care services and counselling to women and adolescents who have been directly or indirectly exposed to sexual assault a…
  • 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…
  • Special educational needs teacher primary school
    Special educational needs teachers at primary schools provide specially-designed instruction to students with a variety of disabilities on a primary school level and ensure they re…
  • Social pedagogue
    Social pedagogues provide care, support, and education to children and young persons with different backgrounds or capabilities. They develop educational processes for young person…

Optional for

  • Child care worker
    Child care workers provide care for children when the parents or family members are unavailable. They look after the children's basic needs and help or supervise them during play.……
  • Learning mentor
    Learning mentors support underperforming students both inside and outside of the classroom in order to increase their academic success. They assist students experiencing (multiple)…
  • 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…
  • Social counsellor
    Social counsellors provide support and guidance to individuals in the social work area, to help them solve specific problems in their personal life. It involves addressing personal…
  • 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…
  • 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…
  • 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 …
  • Marriage counsellor
    Marriage counsellors support and guide couples and families that are going through crises such as depression, substance abuse and relationship problems. They help improving their c…
  • Babysitter
    Babysitters provide short-term care services to children on the premises of the employer, depending on the employer's needs. They organise play activities and entertain children wi…
  • 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 …
  • Au pair
    Au pairs live and work for a host family in another country and are usually in charge of taking care of the family's children. They are young individuals, seeking…
  • 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…

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Last updated on February 18, 2026

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