Youth centre manager
Code 1344.1.2
Youth centre managers plan and supervise the operations of children and youth homes which provide care and counselling services. They assess the needs of youth in the community, develop and implement pedagogical methods, and develop programs for the improvement of youth care in the centre.
Essential skills
Knowledge
- social sciences
- adolescent psychological development
- legal requirements in the social sector
- impact of social contexts on health
- social justice
- budgetary principles
- psychology
- corporate social responsibility
- customer service
- accounting techniques
Skills and competences
- advocate for others
- advocate for social service users
- comply with legislation in social services
- analyse community needs
- apply quality standards in social services
- apply strategic thinking
- apply socially just working principles
- apply holistic approach within social services
- accept own accountability
- communicate with social service users
- communicate professionally with colleagues in other fields
- contribute to protecting individuals from harm
- cooperate at inter-professional level
- build business relationships
- develop a pedagogical concept
- implement marketing strategies
- perform public relations
- set organisational policies
- build community relations
- build helping relationship with social service users
- evaluate social work program's impact
- evaluate staff performance in social work
- assess social service users' situation
- manage fundraising activities
- manage accounts
- manage government funding
- manage budgets for social services programs
- manage social crisis
- involve service users and carers in care planning
- maintain records of work with service users
- listen actively
- prevent social problems
- promote social change
- carry out social work research
- perform risk analysis
- review social service plan
- follow health and safety precautions in social care practices
- monitor regulations in social services
- consider economic criteria in decision making
- apply decision making within social work
- use person-centred planning
Transversal competences
- address problems critically
- manage ethical issues within social services
- apply change management
- demonstrate leadership in social service cases
- establish daily priorities
- manage health and safety standards
- ensure compliance with policies
- manage staff
- manage stress in the work place
- report on social development
- deliver social services in diverse cultural communities
- business management principles
- provide safeguarding to individuals
- undertake continuous professional development in social work
- relate empathetically
- adhere to organisational guidelines
- influence policy makers on social service issues
- work in a multicultural environment in health care
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