§ OCCUPATION · GLOBAL STANDARDS

family planning counsellor

Description

Family planning counsellors provide support and counselling to adults and adolescents on issues such as reproduction, contraceptive methods, pregnancy or termination of pregnancy, in compliance with the legislation and practices. They also provide information about maintaining optimum health practices, sexual disease prevention and treatment recommendation referrals, working in collaboration with the professional doctors.

Theoretical Knowledge

ESSENTIALTheoretical knowledge required

social sciences counselling methods social justice reflexion human psychological development client-centred counselling legal requirements in the social sector psychology behavioural therapy reproductive health sex education supervision of persons psychological theories cognitive behavioural therapy

OPTIONALAdjacent knowledge that strengthens fit

pharmacology sexual disorders

Practical Skills

ESSENTIALApplied skills & competences

have emotional intelligence relate empathetically build helping relationship with social service users advise on pregnancy maintain the trust of service users promote human rights communicate with social service users apply socially just working principles promote social change demonstrate leadership in social service cases advise on family planning promote inclusion maintain records of work with service users undertake continuous professional development in social work perform therapy sessions provide social counselling refer social service users address gender-related issues in family planning counselling follow health and safety precautions in social care practices respond to individuals' extreme emotions communicate professionally with colleagues in other fields manage stress in the work place report on social development encourage counselled clients to examine themselves provide education on family life maintain a non-emotional involvement cooperate at inter-professional level deliver social services in diverse cultural communities apply quality standards in social services organise relapse prevention accept own accountability provide counselling on abortion manage social crisis listen actively assess social service users' situation help clients make decisions during counselling sessions

OPTIONALOptional competences

counsel patients on fertility treatments

Data Source: Unified Global Standards (ISCED, ISCO, O*NET, ESCO)