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Where a victim support officer can go next

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

Victim support officers provide assistance and counselling to people who were victim of or have witnessed crimes such as sexual assault, domestic abuse or anti-social behaviour. They develop solutions according to the different needs and feelings of persons.

Also known as victims caseworker, domestic abuse support worker, victim support social worker, relief worker, victim care officer, victim service manager, support coordinator, senior victims support officer, restorative justice officer, victim service officer, victim assistance social worker, victime and witness support officer.

Professionals 80 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 mental health support worker 71% covered residential childcare worker 70% covered victim support officer You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from victim support officer, 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 victim support officer 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 victim support officer 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.

Required skill Area
  • provide victim assistance assisting and caring
  • support juvenile victims assisting and caring
  • support victims of human rights violations assisting and caring
  • crisis intervention 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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Victim support officer 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 victim support officer’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.