benefits advice workertomental health social worker
A benefits advice worker already meets 79% of what the mental health social worker role asks for. The move turns on 15 required skills not yet in the profile.
This move: 40.8 of 100 · moderate
1 Share of the mental health social worker role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the benefits advice worker profile. Required skills count in full, supplementary skills at 0.35. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. 2 Combines what is missing with how specialised it is, so a gap of general skills scores easier than the same number of narrow ones.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 62 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A mental health social worker role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a benefits advice worker background worth leading with.
- already held support social service users to manage their financial affairs communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held apply anti-oppressive practices assisting and caring
- already held apply case management communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held make legislation transparent for users of social services communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held negotiate with social service stakeholders communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held negotiate with social service users communication, collaboration and creativity
All 62 carried skills, including the 61 the mental health social worker role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 19 missing skills fall into 6 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered below in the order worth working in: the areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the supplementary ones.
- required, not held advise on mental health required
- required, not held prepare youths for adulthood required
- required, not held promote the safeguarding of young people required
- required, not held support the positiveness of youths required
- optional, not held conduct forensic evaluations optional
- optional, not held work with healthcare users' social network optional
- required, not held diagnose psychiatric symptoms required
- required, not held identify mental health issues required
- required, not held use clinical assessment techniques required
- optional, not held carry out psychiatric assessment of child optional
- required, not held clinical social work required
- required, not held diagnosis of mental health issues required
- required, not held older adults' needs required
- required, not held assess the development of youth required
- required, not held promote mental health required
- required, not held evaluate older adults' ability to take care of themselves required
- required, not held support traumatised children required
- optional, not held work with patterns of psychological behaviour optional
- required, not held adolescent psychological development required
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a mental health social worker role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 advise on mental health skill · sector specific
- 02 assess the development of youth skill · sector specific
- 03 clinical social work knowledge · sector specific
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 62 skills that carry over
- already held accept own accountability skill
- already held address problems critically skill
- already held adhere to organisational guidelines skill
- already held advocate for social service users skill
- already held apply anti-oppressive practices skill
- already held apply case management skill
- already held apply crisis intervention skill
- already held apply decision making within social work skill
- already held apply holistic approach within social services skill
- already held apply organisational techniques skill
- already held apply person-centred care skill
- already held apply problem solving in social service skill
- already held apply quality standards in social services skill
- already held apply socially just working principles skill
- already held assess social service users' situation skill
- already held build helping relationship with social service users skill
- already held communicate professionally with colleagues in other fields skill
- already held communicate with social service users skill
- already held company policies knowledge
- already held conduct interview in social service skill
- already held consider social impact of actions on service users skill
- already held contribute to protecting individuals from harm skill
- already held cooperate at inter-professional level skill
- already held deliver social services in diverse cultural communities skill
- already held demonstrate leadership in social service cases skill
- already held develop professional identity in social work skill
- already held develop professional network skill
- already held empower social service users skill
- already held follow health and safety precautions in social care practices skill
- already held have computer literacy skill
- already held involve service users and carers in care planning skill
- already held legal requirements in the social sector knowledge
- already held listen actively skill
- already held maintain records of work with service users skill
- already held make legislation transparent for users of social services skill
- already held manage ethical issues within social services skill
- already held manage social crisis skill
- already held manage stress in the work place skill
- already held meet standards of practice in social services skill
- already held negotiate with social service stakeholders skill
- already held negotiate with social service users skill
- already held organise social work packages skill
- already held plan social service process skill
- already held prevent social problems skill
- already held promote inclusion skill
- already held promote service users' rights skill
- already held promote social change skill
- already held protect vulnerable social service users skill
- already held provide social counselling skill
- already held provide support to social services users skill
- already held refer social service users skill
- already held relate empathetically skill
- already held report on social development skill
- already held review social service plan skill
- already held social justice knowledge
- already held social sciences knowledge
- already held social work theory knowledge
- already held tolerate stress skill
- already held undertake continuous professional development in social work skill
- already held work in a multicultural environment in health care skill
- already held work within communities skill
- already held support social service users to manage their financial affairs skill
4 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held carry out psychiatric assessment of child optional
- optional, not held conduct forensic evaluations optional
- optional, not held work with healthcare users' social network optional
- optional, not held work with patterns of psychological behaviour optional
7 held skills the mental health social worker role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role advise on social security benefits skill
- not needed by the target role determine child welfare skill
- not needed by the target role develop social security programmes skill
- not needed by the target role government social security programmes knowledge
- not needed by the target role promote social security programmes skill
- not needed by the target role social security law knowledge
- not needed by the target role work for public inclusion skill
4 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- required, not held clinical social work required
- required, not held diagnosis of mental health issues required
- required, not held adolescent psychological development required
- required, not held older adults' needs required
How this record was compiled
Both occupations are taken from ESCO, which lists the skills and knowledge each occupation is expected to have and marks every one required or optional. Nothing here is a prediction about hiring, and nothing here knows that a particular employer wants a particular certificate. Treat Table 3 as a starting point for your own research rather than a syllabus. The full method states what these figures can and cannot tell you.