Skills by Occupation
The skills each role needs — from the EU's official ESCO classification.
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Accountant
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Electrician
Civil engineer
Graphic designer
social counsellor
ESCO occupation · 42 essential, 46 optional skills. Click a skill to find jobs that mention it.
Essential skills
counselling methods
behavioural therapy
apply socially just working principles
respond to individuals' extreme emotions
communicate professionally with colleagues in other fields
accept own accountability
maintain a non-emotional involvement
cognitive behavioural therapy
perform therapy sessions
promote social change
encourage counselled clients to examine themselves
follow health and safety precautions in social care practices
human psychological development
promote inclusion
apply quality standards in social services
reflexion
listen actively
help clients make decisions during counselling sessions
relate empathetically
have emotional intelligence
cooperate at inter-professional level
report on social development
maintain records of work with service users
demonstrate leadership in social service cases
organise relapse prevention
build helping relationship with social service users
handle conflicts
undertake continuous professional development in social work
legal requirements in the social sector
social justice
promote human rights
manage stress in organisation
communicate with social service users
maintain the trust of service users
deliver social services in diverse cultural communities
supervision of persons
client-centred counselling
manage social crisis
social sciences
refer social service users
provide social counselling
assess social service users' situation
Optional & specialised skills
strategies for handling cases of sexual assault
anger management
types of psychotherapy sessions
prepare youths for adulthood
provide education on family life
pharmacology
empower individuals, families and groups
support the positiveness of youths
relaxation techniques
administer appointments
communicate with youth
sophrology
sex education
apply foreign languages in social services
reproductive health
adolescent psychological development
develop patient treatment strategies
family therapy
help clients cope with grief
support young persons affected by sexual assault
psychological counselling methods
psychological theories
practice gestalt therapy
communicate by use of interpretation in social services
provide anger management counselling
assess the development of youth
facilitate the healing process related to sexual assault
advise on family planning
use motivational incentives in addiction counselling
work on the effects of abuse
psychology
address gender-related issues in family planning counselling
provide termination of pregnancy counselling
stages of bereavement
advise on pregnancy
promote the safeguarding of young people
movement techniques
counsel patient on family concerns
identify mental health issues
peer group methods
assess clients' drug and alcohol addictions
inform on the risks of substance and alcohol abuse
dependency on drugs
support children who have experienced trauma
advise on mental health
accounting techniques
Other matches: bereavement counsellor · drug and alcohol addiction counsellor · family planning counsellor · educational counsellor · crisis situation social worker
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.