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Where a family support worker can go next

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

Family support workers provide actionable advice and emotional support to families that go through difficulties such as addictions, disabilities, sickness, imprisoned parents, marital and financial difficulties. They provide advice on the best solution for the children in relation to their stay with their families or not, based on the assessment of the family situation. Family support worker also provide information on the available services based on the family's specific needs and the recommendations of the social worker.

Also known as family service worker, intensive family support worker, children and families support worker, family engagement worker, family advice worker, family intervention worker, family social care worker, family worker (early intervention), early intervention worker (families), early help family worker.

Technicians and associate professionals 67 skills on file 5 career moves 5 above 60% overlap Closest: social work assistant, 69%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
social work assistant 69% covered child care social worker 69% covered family social worker 69% covered crisis situation social worker 68% covered community care case worker 67% covered family support worker You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from family 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 family 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 family support worker needs 62 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
  • assist families in crisis situations assisting and caring
  • support social service users to manage their financial affairs communication, collaboration and creativity
  • family law business, administration and law
  • 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
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

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

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Family 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 family 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.