As a Social Work Researcher, you will need to master following:

• accept own accountability
• advocate for social service users
• apply anti-oppressive practices
• apply case management
• apply crisis intervention
• apply decision making within social work
• apply holistic approach within social services
• apply person-centred care
• apply problem solving in social service
• apply quality standards in social services
• assess social service users' situation
• build helping relationship with social service users
• carry out social work research
• company policies
• conduct interview in social service
• consider social impact of actions on service users
• contribute to protecting individuals from harm
• cooperate at inter-professional level
• deliver social services in diverse cultural communities
• demonstrate leadership in social service cases
• develop professional identity in social work
• empower social service users
• follow health and safety precautions in social care practices
• maintain records of work with service users
• make legislation transparent for users of social services
• manage intellectual property rights
• meet standards of practice in social services
• negotiate with social service users
• operate open source software
• organise social work packages
• prevent social problems
• promote inclusion
• promote service users' rights
• protect vulnerable social service users
• refer social service users
• review social service plan
• tolerate stress

More generally, a social work researcher is also versed in:

• address problems critically
• adhere to organisational guidelines
• apply for research funding
• apply organisational techniques
• apply research ethics and scientific integrity principles in research activities
• apply scientific methods
• apply socially just working principles
• communicate professionally with colleagues in other fields
• communicate with a non-scientific audience
• communicate with social service users
• conduct research across disciplines
• demonstrate disciplinary expertise
• develop professional network
• develop professional network with researchers and scientists
• disseminate results to the scientific community
• draft scientific or academic papers and technical documentation
• evaluate research activities
• have computer literacy
• implement scientific decision making in healthcare
• increase the impact of science on policy and society
• interact professionally in research and professional environments
• involve service users and carers in care planning
• legal requirements in the social sector
• listen actively
• manage ethical issues within social services
• manage findable accessible interoperable and reusable data
• manage open publications
• manage personal professional development
• manage research data
• manage social crisis
• manage stress in organisation
• mentor individuals
• negotiate with social service stakeholders
• perform project management
• perform scientific research
• plan social service process
• promote inclusion in research
• promote open innovation in research
• promote social change
• promote the participation of citizens in scientific and research activities
• promote the transfer of knowledge
• provide social counselling
• provide support to social services users
• publish academic research
• relate empathetically
• report on social development
• scientific research methodology
• social justice
• social sciences
• social work theory
• speak different languages
• synthesise information
• think abstractly
• think analytically
• undertake continuous professional development in social work
• work in a multicultural environment in health care
• work within communities
• write scientific publications

It also helps to know the following:

• apply blended learning
• teach in academic or vocational contexts