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Where a child welfare worker can go next

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a child welfare worker already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Child welfare workers provide early intervention and support to children and their families in order to improve their social and psychological functioning. They aim to maximise the family well-being and protect children from abuse and neglect. They advocate for children so that their rights are respected within and outside the family. They may assist single parents or find foster homes for abandoned or abused children.

Also known as children and families welfare officer, welfare officer (children), child welfare officer, children's welfare officer, children and families welfare worker, child welfare social care worker.

Technicians and associate professionals 72 skills on file 5 career moves 5 above 60% overlap Closest: child care social worker, 72%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
child care social worker 72% covered crisis situation social worker 69% covered social work assistant 68% covered community care case worker 67% covered social work supervisor 67% covered child welfare worker You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from child welfare worker, each one a link to that move’s record. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a child welfare worker already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · What the job itself asks for

A child welfare worker needs 70 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.

Required skill Area
  • contribute to the safeguarding of children assisting and caring
  • child protection services
  • assist social service users in formulating complaints assisting and caring
  • determine child welfare assisting and caring
  • encourage social service users to preserve their independence in their daily activities assisting and caring
  • monitor service users' health information skills
  • refer service users to community resources assisting and caring
  • support service users in developing skills assisting and caring
  • support service users to use technological aids assisting and caring
  • support social service users with specific communication needs assisting and caring
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a child welfare worker does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

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Child welfare worker is filed under Technicians and associate professionals, ISCO major group 3. The full index lists all ten groups.

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How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a child welfare worker’s work. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.