Occupation Atlasmental health social worker
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/a76a05bb-e04d-4be8-953e-1ffd691dd58d
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 monitor the recovery process of their clients by providing therapy, crisis intervention, client advocacy and education. Mental health social workers may contribute to mental health services improvement and mental health outcomes for citizens.
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Job Zone
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Zone 5: Extensive Preparation Needed
Extensive preparation. Usually a graduate degree, with extensive skill, knowledge and experience — many of these occupations expect more than five years of experience.
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Occupational interest profile
SICSocial · Investigative · Conventional — the three strongest interests, in order
- S Social6.79
- I Investigative4.42
- C Conventional3.43
- A Artistic3.06
- E Enterprising2.96
- R Realistic1.31
RIASEC (Holland) interests on O*NET's 0–7 scale: what the work draws on, not what any individual prefers. Hover a row for what each dimension means.
Job Zone and interest data are borrowed from Mental Health Counselors (21-1014.00): in the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, its exact O*NET match, and the best-ranked match that has them. ESCO doesn't publish them directly.
Typically associated skills
Essential (76)
ESCO's essential and optional tags describe how its taxonomy relates a skill to this occupation. They are not the essential functions of a job under the ADA, which an employer determines for its own role.
- accept own accountability
- address problems critically
- adhere to organisational guidelines
- adolescent psychological development
- advise on mental health
- advocate for social service users
- apply anti-oppressive practices
- apply case management
- apply crisis intervention
- apply decision making within social work
- apply holistic approach within social services
- apply organisational techniques
- apply person-centred care
- apply problem solving in social service
- apply quality standards in social services
- apply socially just working principles
- assess social service users' situation
- assess the development of youth
- build helping relationship with social service users
- clinical social work
- communicate professionally with colleagues in other fields
- communicate with social service users
- company policies
- conduct interview in social service
- consider social impact of actions on service users
- contribute to protecting individuals from harm
- cooperate at inter-professional level
- deliver social services in diverse cultural communities
- demonstrate leadership in social service cases
- develop professional identity in social work
- develop professional network
- diagnose psychiatric symptoms
- diagnosis of mental health issues
- empower social service users
- evaluate older adults' ability to take care of themselves
- follow health and safety precautions in social care practices
- have computer literacy
- identify mental health issues
- involve service users and carers in care planning
- legal requirements in the social sector
- listen actively
- maintain records of work with service users
- make legislation transparent for users of social services
- manage ethical issues within social services
- manage social crisis
- manage stress in the work place
- meet standards of practice in social services
- negotiate with social service stakeholders
- negotiate with social service users
- older adults' needs
- organise social work packages
- plan social service process
- prepare youths for adulthood
- prevent social problems
- promote inclusion
- promote mental health
- promote service users' rights
- promote social change
- promote the safeguarding of young people
- protect vulnerable social service users
- provide social counselling
- provide support to social services users
- refer social service users
- relate empathetically
- report on social development
- review social service plan
- social justice
- social sciences
- social work theory
- support the positiveness of youths
- support traumatised children
- tolerate stress
- undertake continuous professional development in social work
- use clinical assessment techniques
- work in a multicultural environment in health care
- work within communities
O*NET equivalents
From the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, strongest match first. A broader occupation takes in this one; a narrower one is a part of it.
Closest occupations
Compare any occupation →ESCO occupations that share the most of this occupation's 76 essential skills. A plain count, not a hidden score.
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clinical social worker
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