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Overview
Adult community care worker work is about assessing adults with physical impairments or recovery needs, planning support and helping people live safely and more independently at home and in the community.
In job descriptions, look for care planning, social counselling, risk assessment, service user health, community activities, disability support, safeguarding, interviews, quality standards and cooperation with carers.
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Search jobsWhat the work can involve
Adult community care workers assess support needs and coordinate care for adults with physical impairments or recovery needs. The work can include interviews, care planning, risk assessment, contact with carers and follow-up on health, safety and independence.
Skills and specializations
Important skills include social counselling, involving service users and carers in care planning, protecting vulnerable people, supporting community activities, applying quality standards and monitoring service users’ health.
Salary context
Salary comparison should consider caseload, assessment responsibility, safeguarding duties, community work, documentation, family contact and whether the post includes care management or mainly direct support.
Career paths
Development can move toward senior care coordination, safeguarding support, quality work, team supervision, disability support specialization or broader social service assessment roles.
Good to know
Read vacancies for user group, assessment duties, home visits, care planning, risk work and cooperation with carers. Check whether interviews, health monitoring, community activities or quality standards are included.
Editorial note
This guide provides editorial occupation context. It is not official labour-market statistics or salary data for this exact occupation.
Where might this occupation occur?
This occupation may occur in several kinds of economic activity. Here are some examples and other occupations that may be found in the same areas.
Other social work activities without accommodation n.e.c.
This is one example. Other occupations in this activity include social care worker, housing support worker and family support worker.
Explore this activityThese examples offer an overview but do not show every economic activity where the occupation may occur.
About this information
The selection is based on how occupations are connected to economic activities in ESCO and NACE. Only a few examples are shown to make the information easier to use. The occupations were selected because they are close in occupation area and important skills. The examples are not a ranking. They do not show where most people work, where demand is highest, or which occupation is best suited to a particular person.
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O*NET relationships
See occupations connected to this ESCO occupation in the official O*NET–ESCO mapping. The relationship type comes from the source and is not a ranking or recommendation.
O*NET relationships: 2
Home Health Aides
31-1121.00
O*NET occupation is broader
The O*NET occupation covers a broader field of work than this ESCO occupation.
Open in O*NETCommunity Health Workers
21-1094.00
O*NET occupation is broader
The O*NET occupation covers a broader field of work than this ESCO occupation.
Open in O*NETSource and method
These relationships come from the official European Commission O*NET–ESCO crosswalk.
Relationship direction: O*NET occupation to ESCO occupation.
Several O*NET occupations can point to the same ESCO occupation, and one O*NET occupation can point to several ESCO occupations.
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NACE Rev. 2.1
Economic activities linked to this occupation.
88.99Other social work activities without accommodation n.e.c.
Alternative labels
Occupation group
social care worker (3412.4)
Source facts
| ESCO URI | http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/c6239b9e-5973-4b0a-a2ed-4c4b41331e04 |
|---|---|
| ESCO code | 3412.4.1 |
| ISCO group | 3412 |
| Concept type | Occupation |