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Self Evaluation

Skills

Below is a list of job-related skills that social workers may use in their work. Review the list in total. The first three columns allow you to indicate which skills you possess and how much you want to use these skills in your job. The second three columns indicate the level of development of those skills. A final column indicates the skills you do not yet possess but would like to develop in the workplace.
Indicate your desire to utilize or develop your skills by placing check marks in the appropriate boxes.

	Skills I Possess & Level of Use in the Workplace			Level of Development
Skills	Wish to use	Would like to use occasionally	Do not wish to use	Very well-developed	Somewhat developed	Not well-developed	Hope to develop in future
1. Administering & Overseeing programs
2. Advocating for others
3. Assessing needs of clients & patients
4. Budget management
5. Coalition building & Community Organizing
6. Consulting
7. Educating & Training
8. Empowering others
9. Facilitating meetings
10. Grantwriting & fundraising
11. Initiating & implementing projects
12. Interagency liaison & facilitating communication
13. Interdisciplinary work
14. Leading a process
15. Lobbying
16. Marketing & public relations
17. Motivating others
18. Negotiating & arbitration
19. Presenting & public relations
20. Program design & development
21. Recruiting & outreach
22. Research & evaluation
23. Supervising others
24. Team player
25. Treatment planning
26. Understanding public policy & governmental structure
27. Other

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Career

Self Evaluation

Skills