social counsellortomental health support worker
A social counsellor already meets 45% of what the mental health support worker role asks for. The move turns on 36 required skills not yet in the profile.
45%
70.5/ 100
1 Share of the mental health support worker role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the social counsellor profile. Required skills count in full, supplementary skills at 0.35. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. 2 Combines what is missing with how specialised it is, so a gap of general skills scores easier than the same number of narrow ones.
Why this move works
A mental health support worker role treats 29 of its required skills as things a social counsellor already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- accept own accountability
- adolescent psychological development
- apply quality standards in social services
- apply socially just working principles
- assess social service users' situation
- assess the development of youth
What stands in the way is 36 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 31 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A mental health support worker role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a social counsellor background worth leading with.
- already held carry out psychiatric assessment of child information skills
- already held clinical social work health and welfare
- already held maintain the trust of service users communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held adolescent psychological development social sciences, journalism and information
- already held promote the safeguarding of young people communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held support the positiveness of youths communication, collaboration and creativity
All 31 carried skills, including the 29 the mental health support worker role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 37 missing skills fall into 5 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered below in the order worth working in: the areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the supplementary ones.
- required, not held apply person-centred care required
- required, not held assist individuals with disabilities in community activities required
- required, not held assist social service users in formulating complaints required
- required, not held contribute to protecting individuals from harm required
- required, not held encourage social service users to preserve their independence in their daily activities required
- required, not held meet standards of practice in social services required
- required, not held prevent social problems required
- required, not held protect vulnerable social service users required
- required, not held refer service users to community resources required
- required, not held support service users in developing skills required
- required, not held support service users to use technological aids required
- required, not held support social service users with specific communication needs required
- required, not held adhere to organisational guidelines required
- required, not held assist social service users with physical disabilities required
- required, not held comply with legislation in social services required
- required, not held maintain privacy of service users required
- required, not held support harmed social service users required
- required, not held advocate for social service users required
- required, not held apply problem solving in social service required
- required, not held conduct interview in social service required
- required, not held promote service users' rights required
- required, not held support social service users' positiveness required
- required, not held support social service users in skills management required
- required, not held work in a multicultural environment in health care required
- optional, not held conduct forensic evaluations optional
- required, not held apply holistic approach within social services required
- required, not held diagnose psychiatric symptoms required
- required, not held monitor service users' health required
- required, not held review social service plan required
- required, not held undertake risk assessment of social service users required
- required, not held apply decision making within social work required
- required, not held tolerate stress required
- required, not held apply organisational techniques required
- required, not held involve service users and carers in care planning required
- required, not held work within communities required
- required, not held company policies required
- required, not held customer service required
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a mental health support worker role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 advocate for social service users skill · sector specific
- 02 apply decision making within social work skill · sector specific
- 03 apply holistic approach within social services skill · sector specific
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 31 skills that carry over
- already held accept own accountability skill
- already held adolescent psychological development knowledge
- already held apply quality standards in social services skill
- already held apply socially just working principles skill
- already held assess social service users' situation skill
- already held assess the development of youth skill
- already held build helping relationship with social service users skill
- already held communicate professionally with colleagues in other fields skill
- already held communicate with social service users skill
- already held deliver social services in diverse cultural communities skill
- already held demonstrate leadership in social service cases skill
- already held follow health and safety precautions in social care practices skill
- already held legal requirements in the social sector knowledge
- already held listen actively skill
- already held maintain records of work with service users skill
- already held maintain the trust of service users skill
- already held manage social crisis skill
- already held manage stress in the work place skill
- already held prepare youths for adulthood skill
- already held promote inclusion skill
- already held promote social change skill
- already held promote the safeguarding of young people skill
- already held provide social counselling skill
- already held relate empathetically skill
- already held report on social development skill
- already held social justice knowledge
- already held social sciences knowledge
- already held support the positiveness of youths skill
- already held undertake continuous professional development in social work skill
- already held carry out psychiatric assessment of child skill
- already held clinical social work knowledge
1 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held conduct forensic evaluations optional
64 held skills the mental health support worker role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role accounting techniques knowledge
- not needed by the target role address gender-related issues in family planning counselling skill
- not needed by the target role administer appointments skill
- not needed by the target role advise on family planning skill
- not needed by the target role advise on mental health skill
- not needed by the target role advise on pregnancy skill
- not needed by the target role anger management knowledge
- not needed by the target role apply foreign languages in social services skill
- not needed by the target role assess clients' drug and alcohol addictions skill
- not needed by the target role behavioural therapy knowledge
- not needed by the target role client-centred counselling knowledge
- not needed by the target role cognitive behavioural therapy knowledge
- not needed by the target role communicate by use of interpretation services skill
- not needed by the target role communicate with youth skill
- not needed by the target role cooperate at inter-professional level skill
- not needed by the target role cooperate with professionals skill
- not needed by the target role counsel patient on family concerns skill
- not needed by the target role counselling methods knowledge
- not needed by the target role dependency on drugs knowledge
- not needed by the target role determine child welfare skill
- not needed by the target role develop patient treatment strategies skill
- not needed by the target role empower individuals, families and groups skill
- not needed by the target role encourage counselled clients to examine themselves skill
- not needed by the target role facilitate the healing process related to sexual assault skill
- not needed by the target role family therapy knowledge
- not needed by the target role have emotional intelligence skill
- not needed by the target role help clients cope with grief skill
- not needed by the target role help clients make decisions during counselling sessions skill
- not needed by the target role human psychological development knowledge
- not needed by the target role identify mental health issues skill
- not needed by the target role inform on the risks of substance and alcohol abuse skill
- not needed by the target role maintain a non-emotional involvement skill
- not needed by the target role movement techniques knowledge
- not needed by the target role organise relapse prevention skill
- not needed by the target role peer group methods knowledge
- not needed by the target role perform therapy sessions skill
- not needed by the target role pharmacology knowledge
- not needed by the target role plan youth activities skill
- not needed by the target role practice gestalt therapy skill
- not needed by the target role promote human rights skill
24 further entries not listed here
2 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- required, not held company policies required
- required, not held customer service required
Other moves recorded from social counsellor
- social pedagogue 73% covered · moderate
- community health worker 54% covered · moderate
- substance misuse worker 47% covered · substantial
- residential childcare worker 46% covered · substantial
- youth worker 46% covered · substantial
- residential home young people care worker 46% covered · substantial
- child care social worker 46% covered · substantial
- family social worker 45% covered · substantial
How this record was compiled
Both occupations are taken from ESCO, which lists the skills and knowledge each occupation is expected to have and marks every one required or optional. Nothing here is a prediction about hiring, and nothing here knows that a particular employer wants a particular certificate. Treat Table 3 as a starting point for your own research rather than a syllabus. The full method states what these figures can and cannot tell you.