sexual violence counsellor

Sexual violence counsellors provide support services, crisis care services and counselling to women and adolescents who have been directly or indirectly exposed to sexual assault and/or rape. They inform victims of the relevant legal procedures and protective services maintaining client confidentiality. They also address problematic sexualized behaviours of children.

Alternative Labels

domestic violence counsellor

sexual assault counsellor

sexual assault social counselor

sexual violence advisor

sexual violence counselor

sexual violence support worker

sexual violence victim advocate

victim care unit counsellor

victim care unit worker

victim care worker

victim support worker

Regulatory Aspect

To see if and how this occupation is regulated in EU Member States, EEA countries or Switzerland please consult the Regulated Professions Database of the Commission. Regulated Professions Database:

http://ec.europa.eu/growth/single-market/services/free-movement-professionals/qualifications-recognition_en

Skills & Competences

Essential Skills and Competences

accept own accountability apply quality standards in social services apply socially just working principles assess social service users' situation assess the development of youth build helping relationship with social service users communicate professionally with colleagues in other fields communicate with social service users cooperate at inter-professional level deliver social services in diverse cultural communities demonstrate leadership in social service cases encourage counselled clients to examine themselves facilitate the healing process related to sexual assault follow health and safety precautions in social care practices have emotional intelligence help clients make decisions during counselling sessions listen actively maintain a non-emotional involvement maintain records of work with service users maintain the trust of service users manage social crisis manage stress in the work place organise relapse prevention perform therapy sessions promote human rights promote inclusion promote social change promote the safeguarding of young people provide social counselling refer social service users relate empathetically report on social development respond to individuals' extreme emotions screen clients support the positiveness of youths support young victims of sexual assault undertake continuous professional development in social work work on the effects of abuse

Essential Knowledge

adolescent psychological development behavioural therapy client-centred counselling cognitive behavioural therapy counselling methods human psychological development legal requirements in the social sector psychological theories psychology reflexion sexual disorders social justice social sciences strategies for handling cases of sexual assault supervision of persons

Optional Skills and Competences

support traumatised children

Skills & Competences

Concept URI

Concept Uri

http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/b9dd2ee7-5fea-46f8-b226-ddae9501f728

Status

released

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