social pedagogue
Code 2635.2
Social pedagogues provide care, support, and education to children and young persons with different backgrounds or capabilities. They develop educational processes for young persons to be in charge of their own experiences, using a multi-disciplinary approach set to the learning experience. Social pedagogues contribute to the individuals' learning, welfare, and societal inclusion, and put an emphasis on building self-reliance.
Essential skills
Knowledge
- social sciences
- adolescent psychological development
- health education
- legal requirements in the social sector
- social justice
- counselling methods
- pedagogy
- social pedagogy
- psychology
- supervision of persons
- psychological theories
Skills and competences
- apply quality standards in social services
- apply socially just working principles
- apply holistic approach within social services
- support children's wellbeing
- accept own accountability
- support the positiveness of youths
- support social service users to live at home
- communicate with youth
- communicate with social service users
- communicate professionally with colleagues in other fields
- cooperate at inter-professional level
- use pedagogic strategies for creativity
- assess the development of youth
- assess social service users' situation
- manage social crisis
- empower individuals, families and groups
- maintain records of work with service users
- support traumatised children
- apply person-centred care
- listen actively
- prepare youths for adulthood
- promote social change
- follow health and safety precautions in social care practices
Transversal competences
- demonstrate leadership in social service cases
- manage stress in the work place
- report on social development
- deliver social services in diverse cultural communities
- promote the safeguarding of young people
- conduct educational activities
- undertake continuous professional development in social work
- relate empathetically
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