Support Assistant Skills you Need for your CV and Career in Social Care

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Support Assistant Skills List in Social Care

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for a Support Assistant role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Support Assistant job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 40% of Support Assistant job descriptions contained ta as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

ta
40%
teaching assistant
34%
learning support assistant
27%
special education needs
27%
sen
27%
social care
20%
support worker
14%
personal care
14%
care assistant
14%
send ta
7%
communication skills
7%
nursing
7%
nursing care
7%
residential homes
7%
retirement
7%
compassion
7%
training
7%
wellbeing
7%
elder care
7%
send
7%
care worker
7%
carer
7%
support assistant
7%
assistant
7%
behaviour
7%
classroom
7%
mentor
7%
special needs
7%
sports
7%
teaching
7%
care plans
7%
laundry
7%
hub support assistant
7%
care
7%
dementia care
7%
elderly care
7%
health and social care
7%
support work
7%
administrative assistant
7%
cleaner
7%
domestic
7%
health
7%
healthcare
7%
sen ta
7%
support workers
7%
family support assistant
7%
adhd
7%
autism
7%
nursery
7%
asd
7%
pmld
7%
primary ta
7%
primary teaching assistant
7%
semh
7%
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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.

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