Where an employment support worker can go next
5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role an employment support worker already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.
Employment support workers provide assistance to people with difficulties to find a job and long-term unemployed people. They provide guidance in the creation CVs, searching for job openings, contacting employers, and the preparation for job interviews.
Also known as employment rights worker, employment social worker, supported employment worker, employment support social worker, employability support worker, unemployment social worker, job placement social worker, social worker (community development).
Professionals 68 skills on file 5 career moves 5 above 60% overlap Closest: social work assistant, 80%
- 70% and above · short step
- 50 to 70% · real move
- Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 1 · Within reach
- mental health social worker 79% covered · difficulty 40.8
- social work assistant 80% covered · difficulty 26.1
- education welfare officer 71% covered · difficulty 47.6
- residential home adult care worker 70% covered · difficulty 47.6
- residential home older adult care worker 69% covered · difficulty 48.7
Table 2 · What the job itself asks for
An employment support 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.
- identify skills gaps management skills
- personality development theories social sciences, journalism and information
- advise on training courses communication, collaboration and creativity
- personal development generic programmes and qualifications
- support social service users to manage their financial affairs communication, collaboration and creativity
- job market offers business, administration and law
- apply anti-oppressive practices assisting and caring
- 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 · Jobs that lead here
The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what an employment support worker does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.
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Employment support worker is filed under Professionals, ISCO major group 2. The full index lists all ten groups.
How these figures were compiled
Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of an employment 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.