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Foster care support worker

Other names

foster care worker, support worker (foster care), supervising social worker, independent placement support worker, placement supervisor, support worker (fostering), placement carer, placement support worker, fostering support worker, placement officer

Care and disability support

Foster care support workers assist and support mentally or physically abused children to be legally separated from their parents.

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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

    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.

  3. 3

    Address legal issues, such as child abuse and discipline, assisting with hearings and providing testimony to inform custody arrangements.

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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.

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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 de service social - familles d’accueil/assistante de service social - familles d’accueil
español
profesional de apoyo en acogimiento familiar
العربية
عامل دعم الرعاية البديلة / عاملة دعم الرعاية البديلة
português
Técnico de apoio de serviços de acolhimento de emergência/Técnica de apoio de serviços de acolhimento de emergência
Deutsch
Sozialbetreuer Pflegefamilienbeschaffung/Sozialbetreuerin Pflegefamilienbeschaffung
italiano
assistente sociale specializzato in affidamento familiare/assistente sociale specializzata in affidamento familiare

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