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.
Also known as homeless care worker, homelessness support worker, homeless case worker, homeless guidance worker, homeless support worker, homelessness guidance worker, homeless team worker, housing options and advice worker, homeless advice worker, homelessness social worker, homeless social worker, homelessness care worker.
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
Table 2 · What the job itself asks for
A homelessness worker needs 65 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.
- assist the homeless assisting and caring
- perform street interventions in social work assisting and caring
- evaluate older adults' ability to take care of themselves management skills
- older adults' needs health and welfare
- 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
- negotiate with social service users communication, collaboration and creativity
- provide support to social services users assisting and caring
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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
Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a homelessness 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.