Required skill:

Support and empower individuals, families, groups and communities to participate in decisions regarding their health and health care and to access available information and services to achieve health gain

Required competencies:

Cognitive skills Generic competencies
Personal capabilities
Initiative, leadership		 Technical ability
Business awareness Practical elements
Professional expertise

Required skill:

Advise on the range of local, regional and national services available to assist with health maintenance and health care and the means to access these, using advocacy skills where appropriate

Required competencies:

Cognitive skills Generic competencies
Questioning, listening, interpersonal sensitivity, teamwork/working with others
Personal capabilities Technical ability
Business awareness
Organisational understanding		 Practical elements
Professional expertise, process operation

Required skill:

Contribute to the development of a community health profile

Required competencies:

Cognitive skills
Judgement		 Generic competencies
Personal capabilities
Creativity, influencing		 Technical ability
Business awareness
Organisational understanding, organisational sensitivity		 Practical elements

Required skill:

Act with others to develop strategies to promote social inclusion

Required competencies:

Cognitive skills Generic competencies
Questioning, listening, interpersonal sensitivity, teamwork/working with others
Personal capabilities
Creativity, influencing		 Technical ability
Business awareness Practical elements

Required skill:

Utilise opportunities to influence health and social policy and practice at local, regional and national levels

Required competencies:

Cognitive skills Generic competencies
Personal capabilities
Influencing, leadership		 Technical ability
Business awareness Practical elements

Required skill:

Initiate practice developments to enhance the quality of the health visiting contribution to public health and the quality of care

Required competencies:

Cognitive skills Generic competencies
Personal capabilities
Initiative, achievement orientation		 Technical ability
Business awareness
Organisational understanding		 Practical elements
Professional expertise, process operation

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