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Key facts

+4.4%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: very low according to the ILO, high according to the BLS. Employment change in the United States by 2035: +4.4% (BLS). Working well with AI is becoming an asset.

The job

Supports children, young people or adults facing social difficulties or living with a disability.

368 job titles linked to this page

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

  • academic social worker
  • addiction social worker
  • addictions counsellor
  • adult bereavement counsellor
  • advice and guidance worker, homelessness
  • advice worker, benefits
  • air force social worker
  • air force welfare officer
  • alcohol counsellor
  • alcohol outreach worker
  • approved mental health professional
  • army social worker
  • army welfare officer
  • assistant, social services
  • asylum advice worker
  • asylum support worker
  • attendance support officer
  • attendance welfare officer
  • benefit advisor
  • benefits advice worker
  • bereavement advice counsellor
  • bereavement counsellor
  • bereavement officer
  • bereavement service coordinator
  • bereavement social counsellor
  • bereavement support counsellor
  • bereavement support worker
  • business social worker
  • care coordinator
  • care coordinator (mental health)
  • child and youth worker
  • child care social worker
  • child protection social worker
  • childcare social worker
  • children's services practitioner
  • children's social worker
  • clinical social support worker
  • clinical social worker
  • community advocate
  • community and social services worker
  • community animateur
  • community bereavement support officer
  • community care case worker
  • community care social worker
  • community centre worker
  • community counsellor
  • community development social worker
  • community development support worker
  • community development team leader
  • community development worker
  • community education practitioner
  • community educator
  • community enterprise development worker
  • community liaison worker
  • community outreach worker
  • community rehabilitation worker
  • community service worker
  • community services officer
  • community social pedagogue
  • community social worker
  • community support worker
  • community welfare social worker
  • community worker
  • consultant social worker
  • cooperative development worker
  • corporate social worker
  • counsellor, sexual violence
  • couples counsellor
  • criminal justice social worker
  • crisis counsellor
  • crisis counselor
  • crisis intervension counsellor
  • crisis intervention counsellor
  • crisis intervention social worker
  • crisis response social worker
  • crisis situation counsellor
  • crisis situation counselor
  • crisis situation social worker
  • crisis situation worker
  • cultural animator
  • cultural mediator
  • cultural mediator social worker
  • disability social worker
  • disaster social worker
  • domestic abuse support worker
  • domestic violence counsellor
  • domiciliary care manager
  • domiciliary care supervisor
  • drug abuse outreach worker
  • drug and alcohol addiction counsellor
  • drug and alcohol addiction social counsellor
  • drug and alcohol social worker
  • drug and alcohol worker
  • drug counsellor
  • education and family engagement officer
  • education engagement officer
  • education social worker
  • education welfare officer
  • education welfare practitioner
  • educational institution social worker
  • emergency social worker
  • employability support worker
  • employment and benefits advice worker
  • employment rights worker
  • employment social worker
  • employment support social worker
  • employment support worker
  • enterprise development adviser
  • enterprise development community worker
  • enterprise development facilitator
  • enterprise development manager
  • enterprise development officer
  • enterprise development worker
  • enterprise social worker
  • estate outreach worker
  • family and bereavement support officer
  • family bereavement counsellor
  • family counsellor
  • family court adviser
  • family court advisor
  • family planning advisor
  • family planning clinic advisor
  • family planning counsellor
  • family planning social counsellor
  • family social worker
  • family therapist
  • forces family support worker
  • forces social worker
  • forces welfare worker
  • geriatric social worker
  • gerontological social worker
  • gerontology counsellor
  • gerontology social worker
  • homeless advice worker
  • homeless care worker
  • homeless case worker
  • homeless guidance worker
  • homeless social worker
  • homeless support worker
  • homeless team worker
  • homelessness advice worker
  • homelessness care worker
  • homelessness case worker
  • homelessness guidance worker
  • homelessness social worker
  • homelessness support worker
  • homelessness team worker
  • homelessness worker
  • hospice care assistant
  • hospice carer
  • hospice nursing assistant
  • hospice worker
  • hospital discharge social worker
  • hospital social worker
  • housing options and advice worker
  • housing social worker
  • immigrant advice worker
  • immigration social worker
  • immigration support worker
  • independent living coordinator
  • industry social worker
  • job placement social worker
  • juvenile care worker
  • juvenile probation officer
  • juvenile probation social worker
  • learning advisor
  • marital crisis counsellor
  • marriage and family counsellor
  • marriage and family therapist
  • marriage counselling team leader
  • marriage counselling team member
  • marriage counsellor
  • marriage crisis counsellor
  • marriage guidance advisor
  • marriage guidance and advice counsellor
  • marriage guidance and relationship counsellor
  • marriage guidance counsellor
  • marriage guidance worker
  • medical social worker
  • mental health advocate
  • mental health community social worker
  • mental health gateway worker
  • mental health social support worker
  • mental health social worker
  • mentor (drugs and alcahol)
  • mentor (drugs and alcohol)
  • migrant advice and support worker
  • migrant advice worker
  • migrant re-settlement worker
  • migrant social worker
  • military and veterans social worker
  • military families support worker
  • military families welfare worker
  • military welfare worker
  • navy social worker
  • navy welfare officer
  • neighbourhood outreach worker
  • neighbourhood worker
  • occupational therapy support worker
  • older adults community care social worker
  • older adults social worker
  • outreach worker
  • palliative and hospice social worker
  • palliative care assistant
  • palliative care social worker
  • palliative care supervisor
  • parole officer
  • pastoral advisor
  • personal counsellor
  • policy advisor
  • practitioner in social pedagogy
  • pregnancy advisor
  • prison department social worker
  • prison social worker
  • probation officer
  • probation services officer
  • probation social worker
  • public health social worker
  • qualified social pedagogue
  • reablement officer
  • refugee social worker
  • rehabilitation outreach worker
  • rehabilitation social worker
  • rehabilitation support counsellor
  • rehabilitation support specialist
  • rehabilitation support worker
  • rehabilitation worker
  • relationship advisor
  • relationship coach
  • relationship counsellor
  • relief worker
  • reproductive health advisor
  • restorative justice officer
  • school attendance officer
  • school based social worker
  • school social worker
  • school welfare officer
  • school-based social worker
  • senior community worker
  • senior education welfare officer
  • senior sexual health advisor
  • senior social worker
  • senior victims support officer
  • senior youth worker
  • seniors social worker
  • sexual assault counsellor
  • sexual assault social counselor
  • sexual health advisor
  • sexual health lead
  • sexual violence advisor
  • sexual violence counsellor
  • sexual violence support worker
  • sexual violence victim advocate
  • social services worker
  • social and community services worker
  • social benefits social worker
  • social care gerontologist
  • social counselling worker
  • social counsellor
  • social development worker
  • social educator
  • social enterprise development worker
  • social entrepreneur
  • social outreach worker
  • social pedagogue
  • social pedagogue cultural animation
  • social pedagogy practitioner
  • social pedagogy project worker
  • social pedagogy team worker
  • social psychologist
  • social security social worker
  • social services assistant
  • social services coordinator
  • social services team manager
  • social services worker
  • social therapist
  • social work academic
  • social work consultant
  • social work educator
  • social work expert
  • social work gerontologist
  • social work manager
  • social work pedagogue
  • social work programme manager
  • social work programme supervisor
  • social work researcher
  • social work staff trainer
  • social work supervisor
  • social work team leader
  • social work team manager
  • social work team supervisor
  • social work trainer
  • social worker
  • social worker (child care)
  • social worker (child protection)
  • social worker (children and families)
  • social worker (community development)
  • social worker (looked after children)
  • social worker (mental health)
  • social worker (substance misuse)
  • social worker - community development
  • social worker family safeguarding team
  • social worker in education
  • social worker in education institutions
  • social worker in schools
  • social worker youth justice
  • social worker, criminal justice
  • social worker, palliative care
  • socio-cultural animator
  • specialist school social worker
  • substance abuse counsellor
  • substance abuse social worker
  • substance abuse worker
  • substance mis-use counsellor
  • substance mis-use mentor
  • substance misuse adviser
  • substance misuse outreach worker
  • substance misuse worker
  • substanse abuse social worker
  • support coordinator
  • supported employment worker
  • unemployment social worker
  • victim assistance social worker
  • victim care officer
  • victim care unit counsellor
  • victim care unit worker
  • victim care worker
  • victim service manager
  • victim service officer
  • victim support officer
  • victim support social worker
  • victim support worker
  • victime and witness support officer
  • victims caseworker
  • welfare advisor
  • welfare benefits advice worker
  • welfare benefits adviser
  • welfare benefits social worker
  • welfare rights adviser
  • welfare rights counsellor
  • welfare rights officer
  • welfare rights worker
  • welfare worker
  • welfare worker, military families
  • wellfare officer (education)
  • youth advisor
  • youth advocate
  • youth and community worker
  • youth centre worker
  • youth counseller
  • youth counsellor
  • youth employment advisor
  • youth guidance worker
  • youth justice worker
  • youth mentor
  • youth offender social worker
  • youth offender team worker
  • youth offending team leader
  • youth offending team officer
  • youth offending team worker
  • youth programmes social worker
  • youth project team leader
  • youth project team worker
  • youth resettlement officer
  • youth resettlement worker
  • youth social worker
  • youth support worker
  • youth worker

Training

Regulated profession: diplôme d'État d'éducateur spécialisé.

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Gauges

Risk 3/5 · Moderate
AI exposureHighBLS AI exposure category "high" (2026), higher than the ILO 2025 index (very low)
Employment outlookGrowthBLS, 2025-2035 projections (Child, family, and school social workers)
Hiring difficultyNot availableNo US indicator measures hiring difficulty job by job
PayAverageBLS, 2025 median annual wage: $59,550
EntryLongBLS, typical education needed for entry

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Sources

Checked on 27 October 2026.