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Education welfare officer

Other names

education engagement officer, school social worker, attendance support officer, social worker in education, education and family engagement officer, school welfare officer, social worker in schools, wellfare officer (education), education social worker, attendance welfare officer, pastoral advisor, education welfare practitioner

Social work and counselling

They help students with personal problems that affect school life, talk with students, parents and the school, and keep records of each case.

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The work

The work

The tasks come from O*NET (United States) and ESCO (Europe), the world's two occupation databases. How the work is done can differ in Uganda; our team adds the local way where it does.

  1. 1

    Maintain case history records and prepare reports.

  2. 2

    Interview clients individually, in families, or in groups, assessing their situations, capabilities, and problems to determine what services are required to meet their needs.

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    Serve as liaisons between students, homes, schools, family services, child guidance clinics, courts, protective services, doctors, and other contacts to help children who face problems, such as disabilities, abuse, or poverty.

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Sources

Built from 4 sources

Uganda labour market: UBOS (NLFS 2021, LMS 2025, UNHS, NHRS), ILOSTAT, NDP IV Human Resource Development Plan

Official record

Uganda Bureau of Statistics; International Labour Organization (ILOSTAT); National Planning Authority. Gathered by The Collar360.

UBOS and NPA publications (public); ILOSTAT CC BY 4.0

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ISCO-08, International Standard Classification of Occupations

International classification

ISCO-08 © International Labour Organization.

Free to use with attribution

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ESCO, European Skills, Competences, Qualifications and Occupations

International classification

This service uses the ESCO classification of the European Commission.

European Commission reuse policy (Decision 2011/833/EU): free reuse with attribution

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O*NET 31.0 Database

International classification

Includes information from the O*NET 31.0 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA), used under the CC BY 4.0 licence. O*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA.

CC BY 4.0

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In other languages

français
assistant social en milieu scolaire/assistante sociale en milieu scolaire
español
trabajador social en centros educativos/trabajadora social en centros educativos
العربية
مسؤول رفاهية التعليم / مسؤولة رفاهية التعليم
português
Assistente social em contexto escolar
Deutsch
Schulsozialarbeiter/Schulsozialarbeiterin
italiano
assistente sociale scolastico/assistente sociale scolastica

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