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, 40% of Mental Health Support Worker job descriptions contained support workers as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

support workers
40%
mental health
40%
support worker
30%
housing
20%
mental health care
20%
disabilities
20%
learning disabilities
20%
special needs
10%
welfare
10%
mental illness
10%
budgeting
10%
benefit
10%
behaviour
10%
supporting people
10%
autism
10%
patience
10%
mental health support worker
10%
healthcare assistant
10%
carer
10%
trusting relationships
10%
resilience
10%

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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