Social work assistant

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Key facts

+6.8%jobs, 2025 to 2035

United States

Employment in this job is holding up or growing in the United States, but it is highly exposed to AI. AI exposure: low according to the ILO, high according to the BLS. Employment change in the United States by 2035: +6.8% (BLS). Working well with AI is becoming an asset.

The job

Social work associate professionals (ISCO 3412). Social work associate professionals administer and implement social assistance programmes and community services and assist clients to deal with personal and social problems.

Page built from official classifications (ILO, ESCO); figures cover all the jobs grouped here.

139 job titles linked to this page

Titles from the European ESCO classification. They are also used for search.

adult community care worker
adult services worker
assistant housing support worker
assistant social worker
assistant support worker
care at home worker
care home assistant
care home manager
care home supervisor
care home worker
care support worker
care worker
care worker (homecare)
child welfare officer
child welfare social care worker
child welfare worker
childcare worker
children and families support worker
children and families welfare officer
children and families welfare worker
children's home worker
children's services worker
children's support worker
children's welfare officer
community carer
community carer worker
community home care worker
community social care worker
conservator
court-appointed guardian
crisis helpline operator
crisis helpline worker
crisis hotline operator
department of work and pensions appointee
disability care assistant
disability care personal assistant
disability care worker
disability carer
disability support assistant
disability support carer
disability support worker
distress helpline operator
distress hotline operator
domiciliary care worker
domiciliary home care worker
domiciliary homecare worker
early help family worker
early intervention worker (families)
family advice worker
family engagement worker
family intervention worker
family service worker
family social care worker
family support worker
family worker (early intervention)
financial guardian
foster care support worker
foster care worker
foster parent
fostering support worker
home care assistant
home care worker
homecare assistant
housing advice worker
housing advisor
housing officer
housing outreach worker
housing support officer
housing support worker
independent living advisor
independent living support worker
independent placement support worker
intensive family support worker
intensive support worker
intervenor
learning disability support assistant
learning disability support carer
legal guardian
legal parent
life coach
life coaches
life mentor
living at home support worker
mental health community development worker
mental health community outreach worker
mental health outreach worker
mental health recovery worker
mental health social care worker
mental health support worker
mental healthcare support worker
mental healthcare worker
older adult services worker
personal development counsellor
placement carer
placement officer
placement supervisor
placement support worker
re-ablement worker
residential care home worker
residential care worker
residential childcare worker
residential home adolescent care worker
residential home adult care worker
residential home children care worker
residential home older adult care worker
residential home young people care worker
residential support worker
residential support worker (children)
residential support worker (older adults)
residential support worker (young adults)
residential support worker (young people)
senior care worker
senior housing support worker
senior social care worker
sleep in support care worker
social care assistant
social care worker
social work assistant
social work assistant practitioner
social work assistant team member
social work team assistant
special needs support worker
str worker
supervising social worker
support work assistant practitioner
support work assistant team member
support worker (foster care)
support worker (fostering)
support worker (housing)
support worker (older adults in care)
support worker (young people in care)
support worker assistant
support, time and recovery worker
supported living support worker
telephone crisis counselor
telephone crisis support
welfare guardian
welfare officer (children)
youth legal guardian

Training

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Gauges

Risk 3/5 · Moderate

AI exposureHighBLS AI exposure category "high" (2026), higher than the ILO 2025 index (low)

Employment outlookStrong growthBLS, 2025-2035 projections (Child, family, and school social workers; Social and human service assistants; Self-enrichment teachers (+4))

Hiring difficultyNot availableNo US indicator measures hiring difficulty job by job

PayModestBLS, 2025 median annual wage: $51,174

EntryMediumBLS, typical education needed for entry

No US indicator measures hiring difficulty job by job: this gauge stays empty. How countries are compared

Sources

AI exposure categories and employment projections, 2025-2035 (XLSX file)Bureau of Labor Statistics, United States · August 2026 · official statistics
Generative AI and Jobs: a refined global index of occupational exposureInternational Labour Organization and NASK · May 2025 · large survey
ESCO, European classification of skills, competences, qualifications and occupations (job titles and O*NET crosswalk)European Commission · version 1.2 · official statistics
Jobs in 2030: projections by occupational family (summary table)Dares and France Stratégie · March 2022 · official statistics
Labour needs survey (BMO) 2026France Travail · 2026 · large survey
EURES report on labour shortages and surpluses 2025, annexEuropean Labour Authority · June 2026 · official statistics

Checked on 27 October 2026.