Where a homelessness worker can go next
5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a homelessness worker already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.
Homelessness workers provide on-the-spot assistance, counselling and advice to people who have housing problems or live on the streets. They present them with services available to homeless people starting from hostel vacancies to financial aid services. They may have to cope with persons with mental health problems, addictions or victims of domestic or sexual abuse.
Professionals 72 skills on file 5 career moves 5 above 60% overlap Closest: education welfare officer, 76%
- 70% and above · short step
- 50 to 70% · real move
- Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 1 · Within reach
- education welfare officer 76% covered · difficulty 41.9
- residential home young people care worker 73% covered · difficulty 45.2
- residential home older adult care worker 72% covered · difficulty 45.5
- adult community care worker 72% covered · difficulty 45.8
- mental health support worker 71% covered · difficulty 47.8
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homelessness worker is filed under Professionals, ISCO major group 2. The full index lists all ten groups.
How these figures were compiled
Coverage is the share of the target role’s weighted skill requirement a homelessness worker already meets, counting required skills in full and supplementary ones at 0.35. 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.