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

Occupation 3229 · Associate professional occupations

Welfare and housing associate professionals n.e.c.

Job holders in this unit group provide pastoral care relating to religious denominations, student support (from 15 years of age), and a variety of welfare-related services including advice on benefits, health, disability and residential care not elsewhere classified in minor group 322: Welfare and housing associate professionals.

How people enter it

Entry is possible with a variety of academic qualifications and/or experience. Professional qualifications may be required for some posts. Background checks including a DBS check are likely to be required for those working with vulnerable adults and/or families.

What the work involves

advises on rights and entitlements in relation to benefits, health, discrimination and welfare
advises individuals and families experiencing problems about available resources to assist them
assists and liaises with professionals in social work, the probation service and related welfare areas
organises day, residential and home care services
helps to put together care plans and follows professional’s care plans
maintains records and compiles reports on clients
keeps up to date with legislation
performs pastoral care duties, preaches sermons and conducts some services in accordance with the relevant faith or denomination

Also called

Advocacy worker · Health coordinator · Homeless prevention officer · Key worker (welfare services) · Outreach worker (welfare services) · Probation services officer · Project worker (welfare services) · Student support officer

What it pays

Measure	Hours	Basis	Period	Value	Source
3229 : Welfare and housing associate professionals n.e.c.	None	None	2026-03	153,700.00	ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020)
3229 : Welfare and housing associate professionals n.e.c.	None	None	2026-03	163,600.00	ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020)
3229 : Welfare and housing associate professionals n.e.c.	None	None	2026-03	179,700.00	ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020)
3229 : Welfare and housing associate professionals n.e.c.	None	None	2026-03	3,900.00	ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020)
3229 : Welfare and housing associate professionals n.e.c.	None	None	2026-03	16,000.00	ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020)
3229 : Welfare and housing associate professionals n.e.c.	None	None	2026-03	183,500.00	ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020)
3229 : Welfare and housing associate professionals n.e.c.	None	None	2026-03	9,900.00	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	3229 : Welfare and housing associate professionals n.e.c.	None	17,000.00	2026-03
East Midlands	3229 : Welfare and housing associate professionals n.e.c.	None	17,700.00	2026-03
London	3229 : Welfare and housing associate professionals n.e.c.	None	23,000.00	2026-03
North East	3229 : Welfare and housing associate professionals n.e.c.	None	10,800.00	2026-03
North West	3229 : Welfare and housing associate professionals n.e.c.	None	17,700.00	2026-03
Northern Ireland	3229 : Welfare and housing associate professionals n.e.c.	None	3,900.00	2026-03
Scotland	3229 : Welfare and housing associate professionals n.e.c.	None	16,000.00	2026-03
South East	3229 : Welfare and housing associate professionals n.e.c.	None	24,800.00	2026-03
South West	3229 : Welfare and housing associate professionals n.e.c.	None	13,900.00	2026-03
Wales	3229 : Welfare and housing associate professionals n.e.c.	None	9,900.00	2026-03
West Midlands	3229 : Welfare and housing associate professionals n.e.c.	None	15,000.00	2026-03
Yorkshire and The Humber	3229 : Welfare and housing associate professionals n.e.c.	None	14,000.00	2026-03

Common questions

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

ONS publishes regional pay for this occupation where the survey sample supports it — 12 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

Child and early years officers · Counsellors · Housing officers · Youth and community workers