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Mental health support worker

Other names

mental health social care worker, support time and recovery worker, mental health recovery worker, mental healthcare support worker, mental health community outreach worker, mental healthcare worker, mental health outreach worker, re-ablement worker, intensive support worker, mental health community development worker

Mental health and counselling

They help people with mental, emotional or drug problems by counselling them and watching how they get better.

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The work

The work

The tasks come from O*NET (United States) and ESCO (Europe), the world's two occupation databases. How the work is done can differ in Uganda; our team adds the local way where it does.

  1. 1

    Counsel clients in individual or group sessions to assist them in dealing with substance abuse, mental or physical illness, poverty, unemployment, or physical abuse.

  2. 2

    Collaborate with counsellors, physicians, or nurses to plan or coordinate treatment, drawing on social work experience and patient needs.

  3. 3

    Monitor, evaluate, and record client progress with respect to treatment goals.

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Sources

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Uganda programmes: NCHE accredited programmes and the health, vocational and teacher training bodies

Official record

National Council for Higher Education, UHPAB, UVTAB, the TVET Council, UNMC, AHPC, UNITE and others. Gathered by The Collar360.

Public registers

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Uganda labour market: UBOS (NLFS 2021, LMS 2025, UNHS, NHRS), ILOSTAT, NDP IV Human Resource Development Plan

Official record

Uganda Bureau of Statistics; International Labour Organization (ILOSTAT); National Planning Authority. Gathered by The Collar360.

UBOS and NPA publications (public); ILOSTAT CC BY 4.0

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ISCO-08, International Standard Classification of Occupations

International classification

ISCO-08 © International Labour Organization.

Free to use with attribution

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ESCO, European Skills, Competences, Qualifications and Occupations

International classification

This service uses the ESCO classification of the European Commission.

European Commission reuse policy (Decision 2011/833/EU): free reuse with attribution

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O*NET 31.0 Database

International classification

Includes information from the O*NET 31.0 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA), used under the CC BY 4.0 licence. O*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA.

CC BY 4.0

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In other languages

français
intervenant en services de soutien en santé mentale/intervenante en services de soutien en santé mentale
español
trabajador de apoyo en salud mental/trabajadora de apoyo en salud mental
العربية
عامل دعم الصحة العقلية / عاملة دعم الصحة العقلية
português
Técnico de saúde mental/Técnica de saúde mental
Deutsch
Sozialbetreuer psychische Gesundheit/Sozialbetreuerin psychische Gesundheit
italiano
assistente sociale psichiatrico/assistente sociale psichiatrica

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