Health Skills you Need for your CV and Career in Social Care

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Health Skills List in Social Care

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for a Health role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Health job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 53% of Health job descriptions contained healthcare as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

healthcare
53%
nursing homes
43%
social care
32%
adult social care
27%
care plans
22%
health care
22%
support work
16%
clinical care
16%
luxury
16%
medication
16%
personal care
16%
manual handling
11%
support workers
11%
healthcare assistant
11%
private sector housing officer
6%
property inspector
6%
dementia
6%
home care
6%
learning disabilities
6%
residential care
6%
advocate
6%
caring
6%
casework
6%
elder care
6%
women
6%
environmental health officer
6%
hhsrs
6%
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While these keywords are a good start, remember that every job is different. Instead of including all these keywords on your CV, identify the keywords most relevant to the job you're applying to and include those. For the best chance of success use our CV keyword scanner tool to help with this.

Including the right keywords in your CV will help you get past Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS) and win more job interviews from employers and recruiters.


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