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sexual violence counsellor

Sexual violence counsellors provide support services, crisis care services and counselling to women and adolescents who have been directly or indirectly exposed to sexual assault and/or rape.

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Description

Sexual violence counsellors provide support services, crisis care services and counselling to women and adolescents who have been directly or indirectly exposed to sexual assault and/or rape. They inform victims of the relevant legal procedures and protective services maintaining client confidentiality. They also address problematic sexualized behaviours of children.

Theoretical Knowledge

ESSENTIALTheoretical knowledge required

social sciences adolescent psychological development counselling methods social justice reflexion human psychological development client-centred counselling legal requirements in the social sector psychology behavioural therapy supervision of persons sexual disorders psychological theories cognitive behavioural therapy strategies for handling cases of sexual assault

Practical Skills

ESSENTIALApplied skills & competences

have emotional intelligence relate empathetically build helping relationship with social service users maintain the trust of service users promote human rights work on the effects of abuse promote the safeguarding of young people assess the development of youth communicate with social service users apply socially just working principles promote social change demonstrate leadership in social service cases support the positiveness of youths promote inclusion facilitate the healing process related to sexual assault maintain records of work with service users undertake continuous professional development in social work perform therapy sessions provide social counselling refer social service users 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 screen clients encourage counselled clients to examine themselves 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 support young victims of sexual assault accept own accountability manage social crisis listen actively assess social service users' situation help clients make decisions during counselling sessions

OPTIONALOptional competences

support traumatised children

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