Skills by Occupation
The skills each role needs — from the EU's official ESCO classification.
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marriage counsellor
ESCO occupation · 48 essential, 10 optional skills. Click a skill to find jobs that mention it.
Essential skills
handle conflicts
undertake continuous professional development in social work
respond to individuals' extreme emotions
maintain a non-emotional involvement
build helping relationship with social service users
behavioural therapy
counsel patient on family concerns
social justice
promote inclusion
social sciences
apply quality standards in social services
listen actively
communicate with social service users
assess social service users' situation
reflexion
cooperate at inter-professional level
promote human rights
counselling methods
promote social change
maintain the trust of service users
manage stress in organisation
organise relapse prevention
psychology
family therapy
demonstrate leadership in social service cases
perform therapy sessions
help clients make decisions during counselling sessions
types of psychotherapy sessions
have emotional intelligence
maintain records of work with service users
supervision of persons
communicate professionally with colleagues in other fields
cognitive behavioural therapy
empower individuals, families and groups
apply socially just working principles
deliver social services in diverse cultural communities
provide social counselling
relate empathetically
encourage counselled clients to examine themselves
legal requirements in the social sector
accept own accountability
psychological theories
report on social development
human psychological development
refer social service users
follow health and safety precautions in social care practices
manage social crisis
client-centred counselling
Optional & specialised skills
advise on mental health
provide education on family life
assess clients' drug and alcohol addictions
adolescent psychological development
stages of bereavement
dependency on drugs
identify mental health issues
help clients cope with grief
support the positiveness of youths
develop patient treatment strategies
Other matches: social counsellor · educational counsellor · bereavement counsellor · drug and alcohol addiction counsellor · sexual violence counsellor
Coming next: live skill demand and trends — how often each skill
actually appears in job ads — arrive with the EURES / Cedefop integration. The skills above
are the canonical requirements for the role from the EU ESCO taxonomy.