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Where a criminal justice social worker can go next

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

Criminal justice social workers tackle criminal behaviour and reduce risk of reoffending by promoting and establishing programs to prevent crime within communities. They assist in prosecutions and help to investigate criminal cases. They assist prisoners reinsert into the community after release from custody. They also support and supervise the offenders sentenced to community service and provide support to the victims and the people closely affected by the crime.

Also known as family court advisor, prison social worker, probation social worker, family court adviser.

Professionals 78 skills on file 5 career moves 5 above 60% overlap Closest: education welfare officer, 76%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
education welfare officer 76% covered residential home young people… 73% covered mental health support worker 72% covered residential home adult care w… 70% covered social worker 70% covered criminal justice social w… You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from criminal justice social 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 criminal justice social 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 criminal justice social worker needs 68 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
  • assess offenders' risk behaviour information skills
  • engage with offenders assisting and caring
  • conduct forensic evaluations communication, collaboration and creativity
  • forensic psychiatry health and welfare
  • provide testimony in court hearings communication, collaboration and creativity
  • apply anti-oppressive practices assisting and caring
  • criminal law business, administration and law
  • apply case management communication, collaboration and creativity
  • make legislation transparent for users of social services communication, collaboration and creativity
  • negotiate with social service stakeholders communication, collaboration and creativity
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

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

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Criminal justice social worker is filed under Professionals, ISCO major group 2. 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 criminal justice social 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.