Skills by Occupation
The skills each role needs — from the EU's official ESCO classification.
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Graphic designer
elderly home manager
ESCO occupation · 68 essential, 27 optional skills. Click a skill to find jobs that mention it.
Essential skills
review social service plan
build business relationships
provide safeguarding to individuals
manage ethical issues within social services
show intercultural awareness
perform public relations
personnel management
manage fundraising activities
manage health and safety standards
perform risk analysis
evaluate social work program's impact
company policies
communicate with social service users
coordinate care
follow health and safety precautions in social care practices
use person-centred planning
represent the organisation
report on social development
apply decision making within social work
undertake continuous professional development in social work
manage staff
address problems critically
manage personnel
demonstrate leadership in social service cases
business management principles
adhere to organisational guidelines
monitor regulations in social services
communicate professionally with colleagues in other fields
carry out social work research
advocate for social service users
prevent social problems
establish daily priorities
set organisational policies
consider economic criteria in decision making
cooperate at inter-professional level
organisational policies
manage social crisis
social sciences
apply socially just working principles
manage budgets for social services programs
work within communities
maintain records of work with service users
apply holistic approach within social services
manage budgets
advocate for others
evaluate staff performance in social work
build helping relationship with social service users
promote social awareness
budgetary principles
financial management
analyse community needs
influence policy makers on social service issues
psychology
organise operations of residential care services
implement marketing strategies
deliver social services in diverse cultural communities
apply quality standards in social services
customer service
promote social change
delegate activities
work in a multicultural environment in health care
relate empathetically
legal requirements in the social sector
manage government funding
liaise with colleagues
handle conflicts
comply with legislation in social services
social justice
Optional & specialised skills
apply person-centred care
tend to elderly people
evaluate older adults' ability to take care of themselves
government social security programmes
support social service users in skills management
contribute to protecting individuals from harm
manage accounts
involve service users and carers in care planning
oversee quality control
communicate with others who are significant to service users
promote inclusion
disability care
palliative care
accept own accountability
recruit personnel
plan allocation of space
apply change management
manage stress in organisation
organise facility activities
older adults' needs
assist social service users with physical disabilities
communication principles
listen actively
maintain the trust of service users
assess social service users' situation
strategies for handling cases of elder abuse
geriatrics
Other matches: social services manager · healthcare institution manager · care at home worker · home care aide · residential care home 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.