Occupation Atlassocial work researcher
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/3af4d6be-90b5-41f6-be06-3330dab3df73
social work researcher
Social work researchers manage research projects aiming to investigate and provide reports on social issues. They first perform research by gathering information through interviews, focus groups and questionnaires; followed by organising and analysing the gathered information using computer software packages. They analyse social problems and needs, and the different ways and techniques to respond to them.
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Job Zone
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Zone 5: Extensive Preparation Needed
Extensive preparation. Usually a graduate degree, with extensive skill, knowledge and experience — many of these occupations expect more than five years of experience.
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Occupational interest profile
ISAInvestigative · Social · Artistic — the three strongest interests, in order
- I Investigative6.50
- S Social4.36
- A Artistic3.99
- C Conventional3.60
- E Enterprising3.08
- R Realistic1.56
RIASEC (Holland) interests on O*NET's 0–7 scale: what the work draws on, not what any individual prefers. Hover a row for what each dimension means.
Job Zone and interest data are borrowed from Sociologists (19-3041.00): in the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, its close O*NET match, and the best-ranked match that has them. ESCO doesn't publish them directly.
Typically associated skills
Essential (47)
ESCO's essential and optional tags describe how its taxonomy relates a skill to this occupation. They are not the essential functions of a job under the ADA, which an employer determines for its own role.
- accept own accountability
- action research
- address problems critically
- advocate for social service users
- apply case management
- apply holistic approach within social services
- apply quality standards in social services
- apply research ethics and scientific integrity principles in research activities
- assess social service users' situation
- carry out social work research
- communicate professionally with colleagues in other fields
- conduct interview in social service
- conduct research across disciplines
- consider social impact of actions on service users
- contribute to protecting individuals from harm
- cooperate at inter-professional level
- demonstrate disciplinary expertise
- develop professional network with researchers and scientists
- disseminate results to the scientific community
- draft scientific or academic papers and technical documentation
- evaluate research activities
- follow health and safety precautions in social care practices
- have computer literacy
- integrate gender dimension in research
- interact professionally in research and professional environments
- legal requirements in the social sector
- make legislation transparent for users of social services
- manage open publications
- manage personal professional development
- manage research data
- meet standards of practice in social services
- organise social work packages
- perform scientific research
- plan research process
- promote social change
- promote the transfer of knowledge
- protect vulnerable social service users
- publish academic research
- refer social service users
- relate empathetically
- scientific research methodology
- social justice
- social sciences
- social work theory
- synthesise information
- undertake continuous professional development in social work
- write scientific publications
Optional (23)
- apply blended learning
- apply for research funding
- apply problem solving in social service
- apply scientific methods
- build helping relationship with social service users
- communicate with a non-scientific audience
- communicate with social service users
- conduct qualitative research
- conduct quantitative research
- deliver social services in diverse cultural communities
- develop professional identity in social work
- negotiate with social service users
- operate open source software
- policy analysis
- prevent social problems
- promote inclusion
- promote open innovation in research
- promote the participation of citizens in scientific and research activities
- research design
- review social service plan
- sociology
- statistics
- teach in academic or vocational contexts
O*NET equivalents
From the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, strongest match first. A broader occupation takes in this one; a narrower one is a part of it.
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