NOC 2021 · 42201 · TEER 2
Social and community service workers
Unit group 42201 of the National Occupational Classification, 2021 Version 1.0.
What this group covers
Social and community service workers administer and implement a variety of social assistance programs and community services, and assist clients to deal with personal and social problems. They are employed by social service and government agencies, mental health agencies, group homes, shelters, substance abuse centres, school boards, correctional facilities and other establishments.
Example job titles
As Statistics Canada publishes them. Yours may be worded differently and still belong here.
- Aboriginal centre coordinator
- Aboriginal outreach officer - social services
- Aboriginal outreach worker
- addictions worker
- addictions worker - compulsive gambling
- case aide - social services
- certified return-to-work coordinator - disability management
- certified return-to-work facilitator - disability management
- child and youth worker
- child life specialist
- child welfare worker
- child-care worker (except day care)
- community and social services worker
- community animator
- community centre coordinator
- community centre worker
- community counsellor - social services
- community development worker
- community liaison worker
- community mental health worker
- community organization worker
- community rehabilitation worker
- community service worker
- community services officer - social services
- community worker
- correctional program officer
- crisis intervention worker
- detention home worker
- development service worker
- developmental service worker
- disability management worker
- drop-in centre worker
- drug addiction worker
- eligibility coordinator - social assistance
- eligibility coordinator - welfare
- exceptional-child-care worker (except day care)
- family service worker
- financial assistance officer - social assistance
- financial assistance worker - social services
- group home operator
- group home worker
- halfway house supervisor
- halfway house worker
- help centre supervisor - social services
- hostel coordinator
- hostel outreach worker
- income maintenance officer - social services
- independent living instructor
- intellectual disabilities worker
- itinerant support service worker
- life coach
- life skills coach
- life skills instructor
- meals-on-wheels worker
- mental health proctor
- mental health support worker
- mental health worker
- Native centre coordinator
- Native community worker
- Native outreach officer - social services
- Native outreach worker
- neighbourhood worker - social services
- neuro-linguistic programming coach
- peer support worker
- personal skills development instructor - social services
- psychological assistant
- registered social service worker
- rehabilitation officer - social services
- rehabilitation service worker
- rehabilitation worker - social services
- residence coordinator - group home
- residential counsellor - group home
- return-to-work coordinator - disability management
- return-to-work facilitator - disability management
- settlement worker - community services
- shelter supervisor - social services
- shelter workshop supervisor
- social aid officer
- social animator
- social assistance officer
- social rehabilitation officer
- social rehabilitation technician
- social rehabilitation worker
- social services assistant
- social services volunteer coordinator
- social services worker
- social welfare officer
- special education technician - social and community services
- street outreach worker
- streetworker - social services
- substance abuse worker
- supervised access worker
- transition home worker - social services
- transition house worker - social services
- veteran services officer
- veterans' affairs field officer
- volunteer manager
- welfare and compensation officer
- welfare organization supervisor
- welfare worker
- women's centre coordinator - social services
- women's centre program supervisor - social services
- women's centre supervisor - social services
- women's shelter supervisor
- women's shelter supervisor - social services
- youth development coordinator
- youth hostel coordinator
- youth services worker
- youth worker
- youth worker - social services
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.