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Overview
Social work assistants support social workers and guiding staff by helping people use services, apply for benefits, reach community resources, find jobs or training, obtain advice and deal with local authority departments.
In job descriptions, look for client support, benefits applications, community resources, social services, job or training support, case notes, referrals, group or community work and collaboration with social workers.
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Social work assistant work is close to people using social services. Tasks can involve appointments, forms, benefit applications, community resources, case notes, referrals and practical follow-up agreed with social workers or guiding staff.
Skills and specializations
Useful strengths include listening carefully, explaining service steps, keeping accurate notes, handling sensitive information, finding community resources, supporting job or training searches and knowing when a social worker needs to take over.
Salary context
Salary context depends on service setting, client group, case complexity, documentation duties, shift pattern, outreach work, language needs and the level of delegated responsibility within a social work team.
Career paths
Paths can move from assistant support into specialist community work, benefits advice support, employment or training support, case coordination, family or youth services, outreach roles or further social work education.
Good to know
Check adverts for the client group, service setting, supervision, documentation systems, home or community visits, referral duties, benefits work and whether the role includes crisis contact or mainly planned support.
Editorial note
This guide gives editorial career context for social work assistant work. It is not official labour-market statistics or 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 social care worker, adult community care worker and housing support worker.
Explore this activityThese examples offer an overview but do not show every economic activity where the occupation may occur.
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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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O*NET relationships
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O*NET relationships: 1
Social and Human Service Assistants
21-1093.00
Exact relationship
The official mapping treats the O*NET and ESCO occupations as closely equivalent.
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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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Economic activities linked to this occupation.
88.99Other social work activities without accommodation n.e.c.
Alternative labels
Occupation group
Social work associate professionals (3412)
Source facts
| ESCO URI | http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/4fa660b3-ab97-4a99-ad73-ce3c2612f2c3 |
|---|---|
| ESCO code | 3412.5 |
| ISCO group | 3412 |
| Concept type | Occupation |