Welfare professionals n.e.c.: pay and what the work involves

Occupation 2469 · Professional occupations

Welfare professionals n.e.c.

Job holders in this unit group perform a variety of welfare-related professional occupations not elsewhere classified in minor group 246: Welfare professionals.

How people enter it

Entry is via a variety of relevant academic and/or professional qualifications. Background checks including a DBS check are likely to be required.

What the work involves

provides activities to assist young people develop and fulfil their potential as individuals and within the community
advises and supports families experiencing stress or crisis
acts as an advocate for and represents individuals and families at tribunals and similar hearings
oversees, supervises and provides counselling for the process of adoption
mentors and counsels those with mental health problems
provides rehabilitation services to individuals
manages volunteers and part-time workers, and liaises with other relevant professionals
keeps records and controls budgets

Also called

Child protection adviser · Children’s guardian · Family court adviser · Rehabilitation officer · Restorative justice manager · Social services officer

What it pays

Measure	Hours	Basis	Period	Value	Source
2469 : Welfare professionals n.e.c.	None	None	2026-03	19,500.00	ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020)
2469 : Welfare professionals n.e.c.	None	None	2026-03	20,200.00	ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020)
2469 : Welfare professionals n.e.c.	None	None	2026-03	22,700.00	ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020)
2469 : Welfare professionals n.e.c.	None	None	2026-03	—	ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020) Not published: Estimate is less than 500
2469 : Welfare professionals n.e.c.	None	None	2026-03	2,500.00	ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020)
2469 : Welfare professionals n.e.c.	None	None	2026-03	23,000.00	ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020)
2469 : Welfare professionals n.e.c.	None	None	2026-03	700.00	ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020)

Every regional figure

ONS does not publish occupational pay below region. Cells the survey could not support are shown as withheld, with its reason — adding a region split to a specific occupation leaves roughly a tenth of cells publishable.

Region	Measure	Hours	Value	Period
East	2469 : Welfare professionals n.e.c.	None	2,800.00	2026-03
East Midlands	2469 : Welfare professionals n.e.c.	None	withheld	2026-03
London	2469 : Welfare professionals n.e.c.	None	4,800.00	2026-03
North East	2469 : Welfare professionals n.e.c.	None	800.00	2026-03
North West	2469 : Welfare professionals n.e.c.	None	2,400.00	2026-03
Northern Ireland	2469 : Welfare professionals n.e.c.	None	withheld	2026-03
Scotland	2469 : Welfare professionals n.e.c.	None	2,500.00	2026-03
South East	2469 : Welfare professionals n.e.c.	None	3,600.00	2026-03
South West	2469 : Welfare professionals n.e.c.	None	1,700.00	2026-03
Wales	2469 : Welfare professionals n.e.c.	None	700.00	2026-03
West Midlands	2469 : Welfare professionals n.e.c.	None	1,400.00	2026-03
Yorkshire and The Humber	2469 : Welfare professionals n.e.c.	None	1,800.00	2026-03

Common questions

Does pay for welfare professionals n.e.c. vary by region?

ONS publishes regional pay for this occupation where the survey sample supports it — 10 of 12 cells on this page. The rest are withheld by ONS, and are shown as withheld with the reason, rather than left out.

Where do these pay figures come from?

The Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, published by the Office for National Statistics. Figures are shown exactly as ONS publishes them — we do not adjust, model or fill them in, and every number on this page carries the series and period it came from.

Classified alongside this

Clergy · Probation officers · Social workers · Youth work professionals