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Mental Health Social Worker

Mental health social workers assist and provide counselling to people with mental, emotional, or substance abuse problems. They focus on providing personalised support to cases and monitor the recovery process of their clients by providing therapy, crisis intervention, client advocacy and education. Mental health social workers may contribute to mental health services improvement and mental health outcomes for citizens.

Essential Skills and Competencies

PERKESO provides training with daily allowance of up to RM20.

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  • • Accept Own Accountability • Address Problems Critically • Adhere to Organisational Guidelines • Advise on Mental Health • Advocate For Social Service Users • Apply Anti-oppressive Practices • Apply Case Management • Apply Crisis Intervention • Apply Decision Making Within Social Work • Apply Holistic Approach Within Social Services • Apply Organisational Techniques • Apply Person-centred Care • Apply Problem Solving in Social Service • 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 • Conduct Interview in Social Service • Consider Social Impact of Actions on Service Users • Contribute to Protecting Individuals From Harm • Cooperate at Inter-professional Level • Delegate Activities • Deliver Social Services in Diverse Cultural Communities • Demonstrate Leadership in Social Service Cases • Develop Professional Identity in Social Work • Develop Professional Network • Empower Social Service Users • Evaluate Older Adults' Ability to Take Care of Themselves • Follow Health and Safety Precautions in Social Care Practices • Handle Conflicts • Have Computer Literacy • Identify Mental Health Issues • Involve Service Users and Carers in Care Planning • Listen Actively • Maintain Records of Work with Service Users • Make Legislation Transparent For Users of Social Services • Manage Ethical Issues Within Social Services • Manage Social Crisis • Manage Stress in Organisation • Meet Standards of Practice in Social Services • Negotiate with Social Service Stakeholders • Negotiate with Social Service Users • Organise Social Work Packages • Plan Social Service Process • Prepare Youths For Adulthood • Prevent Social Problems • Promote Inclusion • Promote Mental Health • Promote Service Users' Rights • Promote Social Change • Promote the Safeguarding of Young People • Protect Vulnerable Social Service Users • Provide Social Counselling • Refer Social Service Users • Reflect on Practice • Relate Empathetically • Report on Social Development • Review Social Service Plan • Support Children Who Have Experienced Trauma • Support the Positiveness of Youths • Tolerate Stress • Undertake Continuous Professional Development in Social Work • Use Clinical Assessment Techniques • Work in a Multicultural Environment in Health Care • Work in Partnership with Social Services Users • Work Within Communities

Knowledge

  • • Adolescent Psychological Development • Company Policies • Diagnosis of Mental Health Issues • Legal Requirements in the Social Sector • Older Adults' Needs • Social Justice • Social Sciences • Social Work Theory

Alternative Related Job

  • • Approved Mental Health Professional • Care Coordinator (mental Health) • Mental Health Advocate • Mental Health Community Social Worker • Care Coordinator • Mental Health Gateway Worker • Mental Health Social Support Worker

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