Welfare Worker - ANZSCO 272613
- Assessment Authorities: ACWA
Welfare Worker assists individuals, families and groups with social, emotional or financial difficulties to improve quality of life, by educating and supporting them and working towards change in their social environment.
Welfare workers may perform the following tasks:
- provide support and assistance to clients who experience difficulties such as marital problems, unemployment, illness or drug abuse
- arrange for clients to be referred to appropriate specialists or community agencies
- help clients with long-term problems to bring about self-directed change in their lives
- assess risks and provide intensive short-term crisis counselling for victims of domestic violence or child abuse
- help to establish or administer neighbourhood houses or community groups
- evaluate data and write reports, including submissions requesting funding for continuing programmes and new projects
- act on behalf of clients who have a complaint against an organisation or government department
- arrange and evaluate support services, such as Meals on Wheels delivery to elderly people living alone
- recruit, train and coordinate volunteer staff
- assist community groups to identify and implement strategies to deal with local issues.
This occupation belongs to Short-term Skilled Occupation List (STSOL) . STSOL consists of the list of the occupations which are high in demand in Australia. If you want to apply for Australia sponsored Permanent Residency (subclass 190) your occupation must be listed in the relevant STSOL list and you must have an invitation/sponsorship from the state government. This list is also a part of the Australia Point system. If eligible, you can live and work in Australia for an indefinite period of time.
If your occupation is on STSOL, you may be eligible to apply for the following visa subclasses:
- Skilled Nominated visa (subclass 190)
- Training visa (subclass 407)
- Skilled Work Regional (Provisional) visa (subclass 491) - State or Territory nominated
- Temporary Skill Shortage visa (subclass 482) - Short-term stream
- Skilled Employer Sponsored Regional (Provisional) visa (Subclass 494)
Are you Eligible to Live and Work in Australia as a Welfare Worker?
The assessment authority for this occupation is Australian Community Workers Association (ACWA) and the ACWA skills assessment will assess if your educational qualifications and work experience are at a professional level and closely related to your nominated occupation for migration purposes.
You are required to receive a positive assessment for your qualifications and work experience from Australian Community Workers Association (ACWA) if you are planning to migrate to Australia through skill migration program.
English Language Proficiency
All applicants are required to demonstrate proficiency in English when they apply for skills assessment for migration as a Welfare Worker.
The following English language tests are acceptable:
- IELTS (General or Academic)
- TOEFL iBT®
- PTE ACADEMIC
- Advanced (CAE)
The following table indicates the minimal scores for each module:
Please note that there are some exemptions may be granted to the English language requirement.
If you wish to check your eligibility to migrate permanently to Australia as a Welfare Worker, please fill out the below assessment form. The assessment is free. After submitting the form, a registered migration consultant will look into the information and advise you of the outcome of the assessment via your email address.
