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
organise relapse prevention
provide social counselling
build helping relationship with social service users
maintain records of work with service users
refer social service users
perform therapy sessions
types of psychotherapy sessions
promote inclusion
legal requirements in the social sector
manage stress in organisation
promote social change
encourage counselled clients to examine themselves
listen actively
manage social crisis
reflexion
social sciences
accept own accountability
report on social development
respond to individuals' extreme emotions
psychology
undertake continuous professional development in social work
apply socially just working principles
communicate professionally with colleagues in other fields
behavioural therapy
demonstrate leadership in social service cases
counsel patient on family concerns
have emotional intelligence
maintain the trust of service users
apply quality standards in social services
cognitive behavioural therapy
family therapy
cooperate at inter-professional level
counselling methods
psychological theories
promote human rights
handle conflicts
deliver social services in diverse cultural communities
empower individuals, families and groups
assess social service users' situation
communicate with social service users
client-centred counselling
human psychological development
help clients make decisions during counselling sessions
maintain a non-emotional involvement
relate empathetically
follow health and safety precautions in social care practices
social justice
supervision of persons
Optional & specialised skills
dependency on drugs
stages of bereavement
assess clients' drug and alcohol addictions
identify mental health issues
support the positiveness of youths
advise on mental health
provide education on family life
develop patient treatment strategies
help clients cope with grief
adolescent psychological development
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.