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Where a rehabilitation support worker can go next

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

Rehabilitation support workers provide counselling to individuals dealing with birth defects or with major consequences caused by diseases, accidents, and burnouts. They help them to cope with personal, social and vocational issues. They assess the personal needs of clients, develop rehabilitation plans, get involved in the training, and help people undergoing a rehabilitation plan with job placement.

Also known as reablement officer, occupational therapy support worker, rehabilitation worker, rehabilitation social worker, rehabilitation outreach worker, rehabilitation support specialist, disability social worker.

Professionals 78 skills on file 5 career moves 5 above 60% overlap Closest: education welfare officer, 77%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
education welfare officer 77% covered residential home young people… 73% covered social worker 72% covered residential childcare worker 72% covered mental health support worker 71% covered rehabilitation support wo… You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from rehabilitation 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 rehabilitation 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 rehabilitation support worker needs 67 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
  • support individuals to adjust to physical disability assisting and caring
  • rehabilitation health and welfare
  • evaluate older adults' ability to take care of themselves management skills
  • apply anti-oppressive practices assisting and caring
  • apply case management communication, collaboration and creativity
  • disability care health and welfare
  • 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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Rehabilitation support worker is filed under Professionals, ISCO major group 2. 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 rehabilitation 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.