Family planning counsellor to community health worker

• already held apply quality standards in social services skill
• already held assess social service users' situation skill
• already held build helping relationship with social service users skill
• already held communicate with social service users skill
• already held deliver social services in diverse cultural communities skill
• already held legal requirements in the social sector knowledge
• already held maintain records of work with service users skill
• already held provide social counselling skill
• already held relate empathetically skill
• already held advise on pregnancy skill
• already held manage social crisis skill
• already held promote social change skill

• optional, not held advise on mental health optional
• optional, not held advocate for social service users optional
• optional, not held assess clients' drug and alcohol addictions optional
• optional, not held assist families in crisis situations optional
• optional, not held assist individuals with disabilities in community activities optional
• optional, not held contribute to continuity of health care optional
• optional, not held deliver group sessions on nutrition optional
• optional, not held empower social service users optional
• optional, not held identify the health benefits of nutritional changes optional
• optional, not held inform on the risks of substance and alcohol abuse optional
• optional, not held manage health promotion activities optional
• optional, not held perform health assessment autonomously optional
• optional, not held promote health and safety policies in health services optional
• optional, not held address public health issues optional
• optional, not held contribute to public health campaigns optional
• optional, not held support individuals on nutrition changes optional

• not needed by the target role accept own accountability skill
• not needed by the target role address gender-related issues in family planning counselling skill
• not needed by the target role advise on family planning skill
• not needed by the target role apply socially just working principles skill
• not needed by the target role behavioural therapy knowledge
• not needed by the target role client-centred counselling knowledge
• not needed by the target role cognitive behavioural therapy knowledge
• not needed by the target role communicate professionally with colleagues in other fields skill
• not needed by the target role cooperate at inter-professional level skill
• not needed by the target role counsel patients on fertility treatments skill
• not needed by the target role counselling methods knowledge
• not needed by the target role demonstrate leadership in social service cases skill
• not needed by the target role encourage counselled clients to examine themselves skill
• not needed by the target role follow health and safety precautions in social care practices skill
• not needed by the target role have emotional intelligence skill
• not needed by the target role help clients make decisions during counselling sessions skill
• not needed by the target role human psychological development knowledge
• not needed by the target role listen actively skill
• not needed by the target role maintain a non-emotional involvement skill
• not needed by the target role maintain the trust of service users skill
• not needed by the target role manage stress in the work place skill
• not needed by the target role organise relapse prevention skill
• not needed by the target role perform therapy sessions skill
• not needed by the target role pharmacology knowledge
• not needed by the target role promote human rights skill
• not needed by the target role promote inclusion skill
• not needed by the target role provide counselling on abortion skill
• not needed by the target role provide education on family life skill
• not needed by the target role psychological theories knowledge
• not needed by the target role psychology knowledge
• not needed by the target role refer social service users skill
• not needed by the target role reflexion knowledge
• not needed by the target role report on social development skill
• not needed by the target role reproductive health knowledge
• not needed by the target role respond to individuals' extreme emotions skill
• not needed by the target role sex education knowledge
• not needed by the target role sexual disorders knowledge
• not needed by the target role social justice knowledge
• not needed by the target role social sciences knowledge
• not needed by the target role supervision of persons knowledge

1 further entry not listed here

Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.

• still to learn community education required

Yes, and it is a moderate move. A family planning counsellor already covers 49% of what a community health worker is expected to do: 12 skills carry over, 9 of which the community health worker role treats as required.

5 required skills are missing, plus 16 optional ones. They fall into 5 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by communication, collaboration and creativity. The single most important is apply decision making within social work.

Its learning distance is 52.5 out of 100, which is the moderate band. That accounts for both how much is missing and how specialised those skills are.