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Overview
Employment support workers help people who have difficulty finding work, including long-term unemployed people, through CV preparation, job-search guidance, employer contact and interview preparation.
In job descriptions, look for employment guidance, social counselling, job market offers, interviews, case management, service-user support, employer contact, problem solving and work with diverse communities.
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Search jobsWhat the work can involve
Employment support worker work is practical guidance for people who struggle to enter or return to work. The day can involve CV preparation, job-search planning, identifying openings, contacting employers, interview preparation and social support around barriers to employment.
Skills and specializations
Useful skill signals include job market offers, social counselling, interviews in social services, case management and problem solving with service users. Specialization can focus on long-term unemployment, employer outreach, supported job search, interview coaching or work with culturally diverse communities.
Pay context
Pay expectations depend on caseload, employer-contact responsibility, autonomy in support planning and whether the role handles complex social barriers alongside job-search tasks. Compare adverts by interview work, documentation, targets, cooperation with employers and responsibility for follow-up after placement.
Career paths
Career development may move toward senior employment guidance, employer partnership work, programme coordination, coaching of other advisers or specialist support for people far from the labour market. A credible path keeps the link between job-search practice and social-service support.
Good to know
A clear vacancy should say who receives support and what job-search tasks are owned. Look for CVs, job openings, employer contact, interview preparation, social counselling, follow-up after applications and how progress is documented. It should also show whether the role is mainly coaching, administrative follow-up or employer-facing support.
Editorial note
This guide is editorial career context. It is not official labour-market statistics or role-specific salary data.
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O*NET relationships
See occupations connected to this ESCO occupation in the official O*NET–ESCO mapping. The relationship type comes from the source and is not a ranking or recommendation.
O*NET relationships: 1
Rehabilitation Counselors
21-1015.00
Close relationship
The occupations are closely related, but the official mapping does not treat them as exact equivalents.
Open in O*NETSource and method
These relationships come from the official European Commission O*NET–ESCO crosswalk.
Mapping project version 1: O*NET-SOC 2019 → ESCO 1.1.0. Targets are validated against ESCO 1.2.1.
Source: European Commission, joint ESCO Secretariat and USDOL/ETA project. O*NET Database: USDOL/ETA. This presentation uses the ESCO classification of the European Commission.
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Official sources and licenses
NACE Rev. 2.1
Economic activities linked to this occupation.
78.1Activities of employment placement agencies
Alternative labels
Occupation group
social worker (2635.3)
Source facts
| ESCO URI | http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/c60ede09-b67b-4173-8991-b9b694149488 |
|---|---|
| ESCO code | 2635.3.11 |
| ISCO group | 2635 |
| Concept type | Occupation |