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International Standard Classification of Education: Fields of Education and Training 2013 - Global

0923 Social work and counselling

Social work and counselling is the study of the welfare needs of communities, specific groups and individuals and the appropriate ways of meeting these needs. The focus is on social welfare with emphasis on social policy and practice. Programmes and qualifications with the following main content are classified here: Alcohol and drug abuse counselling Alcohol, tobacco, drugs (knowledge about) Crisis support Family and marriage counselling Mobbing and maltreatment (knowledge about) Parole officer training Probation officer training Social policy Social practice Social theory (applied) Social work (welfare) Vocational counselling Vocational guidance === Exclusions Study of sociology and social science is excluded from this detailed field and included in detailed field 0314 'Sociology and cultural studies'. Studies combining health care and social care (e.g. for old people) are excluded from this detailed field and included in detailed field 0913 'Nursing and midwifery'.

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Where 0923 sits in the ISCED-F 2013 hierarchy

  1. >09 Health and welfare
  2. >>092 Welfare
  3. >>>0923 Social work and counselling
  4. >>>0923 Social work and counselling

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What is ISCED-F 2013 0923?
ISCED-F 2013 0923 is "Social work and counselling". Social work and counselling is the study of the welfare needs of communities, specific groups and individuals and the appropriate ways of meeting these needs. The focus is on social welfare with emphasis on social policy and practice. Programmes and qualifications with the following main content are classified here: Alcohol and drug abuse counselling Alcohol, tobacco, drugs (knowledge about) Crisis support Family and marriage counselling Mobbing and maltreatment (knowledge about) Parole officer training Probation officer training Social policy Social practice Social theory (applied) Social work (welfare) Vocational counselling Vocational guidance === Exclusions Study of sociology and social science is excluded from this detailed field and included in detailed field 0314 'Sociology and cultural studies'. Studies combining health care and social care (e.g. for old people) are excluded from this detailed field and included in detailed field 0913 'Nursing and midwifery'.
How does ISCED-F 2013 0923 map to other classification systems?
0923 Social work and counselling has equivalents in CIP 2020 (13.1101, 13.1102, 13.1199, +14 more). These crosswalks let you translate this code between ISCED-F 2013 and 1 other classification system.
What is the parent category of 0923?
0923 Social work and counselling sits under 0923 Social work and counselling in the ISCED-F 2013 hierarchy.

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Source: UNESCO Institute for StatisticsVersion: 2013