Career Overlap Occupation record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
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Where a social work assistant can go next

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

Social work assistants are practice-based professionals who promote social change and development, social cohesion, and the empowerment and liberation of people. Social work assistants assist guiding staff, helping clients to use services to claim benefits, access community resources, find jobs and training, obtain legal advice or deal with other local authority departments. They assist and work together with social workers.

Technicians and associate professionals 52 skills on file 5 career moves 1 above 60% overlap Closest: community health worker, 60%

community health worker 60% covered crisis situation social worker 53% covered social work supervisor 52% covered enterprise development worker 52% covered community care case worker 51% covered social work assistant You are here
Fig. 2 — the 5 nearest destinations from social work assistant. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a social work assistant already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.

Index

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social work assistant is filed under Technicians and associate professionals, ISCO major group 3. The full index lists all ten groups.

Note

How these figures were compiled

Coverage is the share of the target role’s weighted skill requirement a social work assistant 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.