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Where a disability support worker can go next

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

Disability support workers provide personal assistance and support to individuals of all ages with disability conditions, either intellectual or physical disabilities. They work with other health professionals to maximise individuals physical and mental well being. Their duties include bathing, lifting, moving, dressing or feeding people with disability.

Also known as learning disability support assistant, disability carer, disability support assistant, disability care personal assistant, disability care worker, disability care assistant, disability support carer, learning disability support carer.

Technicians and associate professionals 70 skills on file 5 career moves 5 above 60% overlap Closest: child day care worker, 80%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
child day care worker 80% covered social work assistant 67% covered social work supervisor 66% covered enterprise development worker 66% covered crisis situation social worker 65% covered disability support worker You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from disability support 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 disability support 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 disability support worker needs 63 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
  • provide in-home support for disabled individuals assisting and caring
  • apply a holistic approach in care assisting and caring
  • support individuals to adjust to physical disability assisting and caring
  • assist social service users in formulating complaints 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
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Disability support 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 disability support 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.