Skills Regional Administrator, Social Services in Canada

Find out what skills you typically need to work as a regional administrator, social services in Canada. These skills are applicable to all Managers in social, community and correctional services (NOC 0423).

Skills and knowledge

The following skills and knowledge are usually required in this occupation.

  • Skills

  • Service and Care Help - Service and Care
    • Protecting and Enforcing
  • Management Help - Management
    • Leading and Motivating
    • Recruiting and Hiring
    • Strategic Planning
    • Co-ordinating and Organizing
    • Allocating and Controlling Resources
    • Evaluating
    • Supervising
  • Analysis Help - Analysis
    • Planning
    • Projecting Outcomes
    • Analyzing Information
  • Communication Help - Communication
    • Liaising and Networking
    • Professional Communicating
    • Advising and Consulting
    • Negotiating and Adjudicating
    • Teaching and Training

Service and Care

Taking care of the needs of people and animals.
  • Protecting and Enforcing
    • Responding to public safety and security needs and ensuring compliance to rules, standards or laws.

Management

Taking charge of the direction and resources of an organization.
  • Leading and Motivating
    • Reinforcing an organization's vision and monitoring compliance.
  • Recruiting and Hiring
    • Acquiring the right talent to achieve the organization's mission.
  • Strategic Planning
    • Envisioning a future state and developing strategies, goals, objectives and action plans to achieve it.
  • Co-ordinating and Organizing
    • Organizing and co-ordinating the activities of groups and individuals to align their activities with organizational objectives.
  • Allocating and Controlling Resources
    • Determining the distribution of people, assets, materials or capital to accomplish organizational goals and putting in place financial and administrative controls.
  • Evaluating
    • Directing processes and procedures to ensure they add measurable value.
  • Supervising
    • Directing and monitoring the performance of others.

Analysis

Examining and evaluating information.
  • Planning
    • Determining phases and steps, defining activities and tasks and establishing schedules to complete objectives on time and within budget.
  • Projecting Outcomes
    • Estimating the results of an action or a series of actions.
  • Analyzing Information
    • Examining data or facts to determine appropriate actions or recommendations.

Communication

Using communication skills to share information, advise and influence.
  • Liaising and Networking
    • Developing alliances, contacts or partnerships, and exchanging information with others.
  • Professional Communicating
    • Preparing and delivering written, oral or visual material for the workplace that presents information.
  • Advising and Consulting
    • Providing guidance and advice to enable decision-making about tasks, situations, and processes.
  • Negotiating and Adjudicating
    • Exchanging ideas while analyzing issues and interests at stake, and enabling opposing sides to resolve disputes and reach agreement.
  • Teaching and Training
    • Facilitating the acquisition of new knowledge and skills.

Business, Finance and Management

Knowledge related to organization and control of business activities.
  • Business Administration
    • Knowledge of the principles and practices of managing businesses.
  • Client Service
    • Knowledge of principles and practices of providing service to clients to maintain and build organizational success.
  • Marketing
    • Knowledge of principles and practices for determining consumers' wants and needs, assessing and developing business opportunities and advertising products and services.

Law and Public Safety

Knowledge related to the provision and enforcement of laws and regulations that safeguard the effective functioning of a democratic society.
  • Public Safety and Security
    • Knowledge of public safety and security operations and systems, of policy, regulations and procedures for the protection of people, data and property.

Social Sciences and Arts

Knowledge related to culture, origins and patterns of human activity, and the development and expression of thought.
  • Sociology and Anthropology
    • Knowledge of the principles, methods and practices for studying group behaviour and dynamics, societal trends and influences, and the history, migration, ethnicity and origin of cultures.
  • Psychology
    • Knowledge of principles, methods and practices for studying mental processes and behaviour and their underlying physiology and neurology, and for assessment and treatment of psychological disorders.
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