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Overview
Migrant social workers advise migrants on integration steps, rights, duties, services, referrals and practical support for living and working in a new country.
In job descriptions, look for case management, migration advice, eligibility criteria, referrals to social services or employment programmes, advocacy, employer contact and anti-oppressive practice.
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Migrant social workers connect individual integration needs with practical services. The work can include explaining rights and duties, documenting client information, preparing referrals, coordinating with social services, employment programmes or day care, and advocating when a person needs help dealing with systems, forms or employers.
Skills and specializations
Useful strengths include case management, migration knowledge, crisis intervention, social justice, clear interviewing and careful boundaries. The role often requires explaining eligibility criteria in plain language, updating client records, recognising trauma or exclusion risks and working with interpreters, community services or employers.
Salary context
Salary context is shaped by caseload complexity, decision responsibility and the setting. A post focused on information sessions is different from one handling crisis intervention, formal referrals, multi-agency case work or employer advocacy. Language expectations, evening outreach and documentation load can also change the role.
Career paths
Career paths can move toward specialist migration advice, refugee support coordination, social-work supervision, community programme management, employment integration or policy-facing roles. Experience with case records, rights information, referrals and trauma-aware support can also transfer into broader social services work.
Good to know
Read vacancies for the exact client group and authority level. Migrant social worker roles may advise newly arrived adults, families, asylum seekers or workers. Check whether the job includes eligibility decisions, home visits, employer contact, crisis work, interpretation coordination or only signposting to services.
Editorial note
This guide is editorial career context. It is not official labour-market statistics or role-specific salary data.
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 child care social worker, family social worker and consultant social worker.
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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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Alternative labels
Occupation group
social worker (2635.3)
Source facts
| ESCO URI | http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/a9a41b21-8dd4-476f-96c7-85733fa63d3b |
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| ESCO code | 2635.3.18 |
| ISCO group | 2635 |
| Concept type | Occupation |