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

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

Social care workers provide support and help people with care services. They help people to live full and valued lives in the community. They assist babies, young children, adolescents, adults and older adults.They attend to the psychological, social, emotional and physical needs of service users. They work in a large variety of settings with individuals, families, groups, organisations and communities.

Highest coverage recorded
74%
Destinations
5each with a full record
Within reach
5difficulty under 55
Skills on file
104required or supplementary
Table 1
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social care worker is filed under Technicians and associate professionals, ISCO major group 3. The full index lists all ten groups.

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How these figures were compiled

Coverage is the share of the target role’s weighted skill requirement a social care worker 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.