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

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Mental Health Support Worker Skills List in Social Care

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for a Mental Health Support Worker role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Mental Health Support Worker job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 29% of Mental Health Support Worker job descriptions contained mental health as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

mental health
29%
support workers
29%
support worker
22%
trusting relationships
15%
social care
15%
social worker
15%
youth
15%
learning disabilities
15%
disabilities
15%
mental health care
15%
autism
8%
resilience
8%
carer
8%
healthcare assistant
8%
mental health support worker
8%
special needs
8%
community outreach
8%
supporting people
8%
behaviour
8%
housing
8%
patience
8%
substance
8%
advanced social worker
8%
alcohol dependency
8%
young people
8%
working with young people
8%
social work
8%
safeguarding
8%
children's social worker
8%
children's social work
8%
children's services
8%
care
8%
young adults
8%
transitions
8%
childrens social care
8%

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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