community health worker
ISCO: 3253. Skills: 33. Essential: 14.
Essential skills
- apply decision making within social work
- apply knowledge of human behaviour
- apply quality standards in social services
- assess social service users' situation
- build community relations
- build helping relationship with social service users
- communicate with social service users
- community education
- deliver social services in diverse cultural communities
- legal requirements in the social sector
- maintain records of work with service users
- provide social counselling
- relate empathetically
- review social service plan
Supporting skills
- address public health issues
- advise on mental health
- advise on pregnancy
- advocate for social service users
- assess clients' drug and alcohol addictions
- assist families in crisis situations
- assist individuals with disabilities in community activities
- contribute to continuity of health care
- contribute to public health campaigns
- deliver group sessions on nutrition
- empower social service users
- identify the health benefits of nutritional changes
- inform on the risks of substance and alcohol abuse
- manage health promotion activities
- manage social crisis
- perform health assessment autonomously
- promote health and safety policies in health services
- promote social change
- support individuals on nutrition changes