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

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Healthcare Skills List in Social Care

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for a Healthcare role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Healthcare job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 42% of Healthcare job descriptions contained healthcare as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

healthcare
42%
support workers
30%
personal care
23%
social care
23%
support worker
23%
care assistant
23%
care worker
23%
enabler
17%
support team leader
17%
support assistant
17%
social worker
17%
carer
17%
care support
17%
care team leader
17%
care management
17%
care helper
17%
healthcare assistant
13%
health care
13%
mental health support
13%
autism spectrum disorders
10%
equality
10%
safeguarding
10%
mental health
7%
teaming
7%
care plans
7%
direct patient care
7%
health
7%
learning disabilities
7%
domiciliary care assistant
7%
feedback
7%
empathy
7%
team leader
7%
senior care assistant
7%
elderly care worker
7%
elderly care assistant
7%
health care assistant
7%
diversity
4%
inclusion
4%
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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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