NOC 2021 · 41300 · TEER 1
Social workers
Unit group 41300 of the National Occupational Classification, 2021 Version 1.0.
What this group covers
Social workers help individuals, couples, families, groups, communities and organizations develop the skills and resources they need to enhance social functioning and provide counselling, therapy and referral to other supportive social services. Social workers also respond to other social needs and issues such as unemployment, racism and poverty. They are employed by hospitals, school boards, social service agencies, child welfare organizations, correctional facilities, community agencies, employee assistance programs and Aboriginal band councils, or they may work in private practice.
Example job titles
As Statistics Canada publishes them. Yours may be worded differently and still belong here.
- addiction social worker
- case management consultant - social work
- case management social worker
- case work consultant - social work
- casework supervisor - social work
- caseworker - social work
- certified social worker
- child welfare social worker
- children's aid investigator
- coordinator of social work
- family social worker
- geriatric social worker
- group social worker
- human relations officer - social work
- intake worker - social services
- medical social worker
- psychiatric social worker
- registered social worker
- school social worker
- social casework consultant
- social work coordinator
- social work officer
- social work officer - Canadian Armed Forces
- social work supervisor
- social worker
- social workers supervisor
Source: Statistics Canada — National Occupational Classification 2021 V1.0. Data current as of 13 August 2026. NOC 2021 Version 1.0. The classification is versioned rather than dated — IRCC moved to it in November 2022, and a new version would be a new classification rather than an update.