Social work
Social worker
Key facts
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
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
- 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.