Skills Audit: Enhancing Social Worker Skills within Healthcare Degree

This skills audit assessment focuses on developing key skills for a social worker role within the context of a health and social care degree. It identifies four consistently listed skills from job specifications: communication, decision-making, conflict resolution, and critical thinking, emphasizing the importance of each in the social worker's role. The assessment outlines the current and target stages of skill development, methods to achieve the target, and measurement strategies, linking these to the degree program's curriculum. It highlights how the program enables communication competency, decision-making capabilities, conflict resolution proficiency, and critical thinking skills, utilizing lecture materials and placement experiences. References to various studies support the significance of these skills in effective social work practice, ensuring that graduates are well-prepared to serve individuals' health and social needs.

Attribute/Skills
Current stage Target stage How will you achieve
this
How will you
measure this
Where/ how is this
covered in your
programme
1. Communication skill It is very important that
the social workers play
an important part in
communication (Philip
and et.al., 2019). By
enabling communication
competency within the
The main aim of
becoming a worker is to
serve the health and
social care degree the
abilities and required
skills which will help the
individual in measuring
Role as a social worker
will help in achieving the
opportunity by utilizing
the lecture materials
and placement
experience which will
help in creating the
This skill can be
measured with the help
of how the lecture notes
were prepared and what
came as a result through
the lecture notes which
also denotes the
This program was
included in the first year
modules and papers
which helped in
knowing and analysing
the roles and
responsibilities which
Introductory note to understand the Skills Audit Assessment (1000 words)
Focus on the job that you aim for on completion of your degree. This should be in an area of work that relates to your
placement this year.
Find 2/3 job specifications for the same role and identify 4 skills consistently listed on the specification
Choose skills that you have not yet fully developed
For a 60+ mark, some key elements =
‘wide-ranging self-awareness’
‘complexity of information presented’
SOCIAL WORKER

role of worker, it creates
awareness within health
and social care degree
so that proper
information is being
communicated between
the health care
professionals and social
workers.
and analysing that being
a social worker is
important as they help
in serving the health
care degree with their
services to the patients
and the individuals in
need (Burch, 2017).
value through which the
role of being a worker is
developed and acquired
within health and social
care degree.
helpfulness of how the
social workers will be
able to deliver their
roles and responsibilities
at large scale within
health care and social
degree (Idzik and et.al.,
2021).
are required in creating
value through which all
the perspectives of how
effectively the role of
social worker is being
delivered within the
health and social care
degree which is being
taken (Flatekval and
et.al., 2019).
2. Decision — making
skill
This competency is
very important for
the role of social
worker which is
being delivered
within the health
and social care
degree. For being a
nurse, decision-
making skill should
be developed in
such manner that
workers are able to
create value in
their roles
(Strudwick and
et.al., 2019). This
competency will
help in talking the
correct decisions
which are essential
within the role of
being a social
worker.
The target is to
become social
worker and this role
will enable various
skills and
competencies
which are required
in the health and
social degree. The
decision-making
skill will help in
contributing to the
basic form through
which the role of
being a social
worker is being
fulfilled.
This skill will be
achieved with the
help of lecture
notes which will
help in preparing
for the role of social
worker for the
degree.
With the help of
placement
experience, the
skills will be
measured which
will ensure the
major basis through
which the role of
social worker will
be applied within
health and social
care.
With the help of the
various models and
papers, studying
the perspectives of
being a worker in
attaining the
degree helped in
creating the value
through which this
course will be
helpful in attaining
the skills and
development
criteria which are
required within
course.

3. Conflict resolution
skill
By being nurse, it is
very important in
the role of social
worker that there
are no conflicts
within the health
care degree
(Grubaugh and
et.al., 2018). This
will help in
becoming skilful
worker as this
competency will
help in enabling the
work to run more
smoothly.
The target is to
become a social
worker as the
degree is being
studied for the
same profession.
This target will be
achieved by
completing and
studying the
lecture notes which
will help in
delivering the job
role of being a
social worker in an
effective and skilful
way possible.
With the help of
feedback given or
placement
experience this
target will be
achieved of
becoming a social
worker.
With the help of
models and papers,
the degree of
becoming a social
worker or nurse is
attained
successfully.
4. Critical thinking skill This skill is very
important for the
social worker as
this will help them
in thinking critically
in any type of
situation. This skill
will also help in
enabling the
thinking capability
while delivering the
major role of being
a social worker.
The target is to
become an
effective social
worker with the
help of a degree
which is being
achieved through
it.
This target will be
achieved by
studying the
conflict
management skills
for the role of social
worker so that
effective work is
being delivered to
the individuals.
With the help of
feedback this skill
can be measured
as what are the
improvement areas
which are to be
rectified.
This will be studied
and covered in the
programme
through models
and papers which
will help in
delivering to the
core role of
becoming a social
worker by
completing the
degree skilfully.
Therefore, these are the skills which are described as how the social worker will help in enabling these skills as how the
degree will be completed effectively and in proper manner. This is how the skill audit assessment which defines the role of
social worker.

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