Criminal Justice Social Worker

Negotiate with government institutions, other social workers, family and caregivers, employers, landlords, or landladies to obtain the most suitable result for your client.

Practice principles related to group behaviour, trends in society, and influence of societal dynamics.

Enable individuals, families, groups and communities to gain more control over their lives and environment, either by themselves or with the help of others.

Assess, plan, facilitate, coordinate, and advocate for options and services on behalf of a person.

Speak for and on behalf of service users, using communicative skills and knowledge of relevant fields to assist those less advantaged.

Supporting client`s rights to control his or her life, making informed choices about the services they receive, respecting and, where appropriate, promoting the individual views and wishes of both the client and his or her caregivers.

Adhere to organisational or department specific standards and guidelines. Understand the motives of the organisation and the common agreements and act accordingly.

Work in accordance with management and organisational principles and values focusing on human rights and social justice.

Promote and respect diversity, and advocate for equal treatment of genders, ethnicities and minority groups in organisations in order to prevent discrimination and ensure inclusion and a positive environment.

Apply social work ethical principles to guide practice and manage complex ethical issues, dilemmas and conflicts in accordance to occupational conduct, the ontology and the code of ethics of the social services occupations, engaging in ethical decision making by applying standards of national and, as applicable, international codes of ethics or statements of principles.

Practice social care and social work in a lawful, safe and effective way according to standards.

Reach out to and meet up with people in a professional context. Find common ground and use your contacts for mutual benefit. Keep track of the people in your personal professional network and stay up to date on their activities.

Cooperate with people in other sectors in relation to social service work.

Develop a collaborative helping relationship, addressing any ruptures or strains in the relationship, fostering bonding and gaining service users` trust and cooperation through empathic listening, caring, warmth and authenticity.

Strive to provide the appropriate services to social work clients while staying within a professional framework, understanding what the work means in relation to other professionals and taking into account the specific needs of your clients.

Communicate professionally and cooperate with members of the other professions in the health and social services sector.

Maintain a temperate mental state and effective performance under pressure or adverse circumstances.

Cope with sources of stress and cross-pressure in one's own professional life, such as occupational, managerial, institutional and personal stress, and help others do the same so as to promote the well-being of your colleagues and avoid burn-out.

Take the lead in the practical handling of social work cases and activities.

Work with offenders to promote social change, challenge their offending behaviour and stop its recurrence.

Identify, respond and motivate individuals in social crisis situations, in a timely manner, making use of all resources.

Assist and guide social service users to resolve personal, social or psychological problems and difficulties.

Assess the social situation of service users situation balancing curiosity and respect in the dialogue, considering their families, organisations and communities and the associated risks and identifying the needs and resources, in order to meet physical, emotional and social needs.

Act according to the political, social and cultural contexts of social service users, considering the impact of certain actions on their social well being.

Evaluate the needs of individuals in relation to their care, involve families or carers in supporting the development and implementation of support plans. Ensure review and monitoring of these plans.

Consider the social service user in any situation, recognising the connections between micro-dimension, meso-dimension, and macro-dimension of social problems, social development and social policies.

Review social service plans, taking your service users' views and preferences into account. Follow up on the plan, assessing the quantity and quality of services provided.

Identify the strengths and weaknesses of various abstract, rational concepts, such as issues, opinions, and approaches related to a specific problematic situation in order to formulate solutions and alternative methods of tackling the situation.

Systematically apply a step-by-step problem-solving process in providing social services.

Recognise, understand and share emotions and insights experienced by another.

Apply quality standards in social services while upholding social work values and principles.

Employ a set of organisational techniques and procedures which facilitate the achievement of the set goals set such as detailed planning of personnel's schedules. Use these resources efficiently and sustainably, and show flexibility when required.

Plan the social service process, defining the objective and considering the methods of implementation, identifying and accessing available resources, such as time, budget, personnel and defining indicators to evaluate the outcome.