support worker
Paid assistance provider
A support worker provides practical assistance to people who need help with daily living—the elderly, disabled, mentally ill, or others requiring care.
The role spans personal care, household tasks, and emotional support, typically in homes or residential facilities.
She works as a support worker for adults with learning disabilities.
The term is broad and appears in healthcare, social services, and education contexts.
- carerOne who tends others
- caregiverOne providing daily assistance
- personal careMaintaining one's hygiene
- aideSupporting staff member
- assistantOne who aids another
helper · nursing · care home · disability · mental health · compassion · shifts · empathy · patience · advocate · vulnerable · homecare · residential · agency · uniform · training · handover · safeguarding
- healthcare aidesaide, nurse aide, nursing aide, nursing assistant, CNA
- social workerscaseworker, case manager, substance abuse counselor, addiction counselor, grief counselor
- caregiverscaregiver, parents, carer, mothers, babysitter
- essential workersdoctor, nurse, paramedic, EMT, firefighter
- healthcare workersdoctor, nurse, surgeon, dentist, paramedic
- deafblindhand-over-hand, hand over hand, Helen Keller, intervener, interveners
support workermedical director
Physician leading healthcare organization
chief medical officer · consultant · surgeon · physician · chief executive
support workerclient
One who hires professionals
patient · dependent · beneficiary · ward · resident
support workerabuser
One who mistreats others
exploiter · tormentor · predator · perpetrator · victimizer
support, worker, supports, supported, supporting, supportive, supporter, supporters, unsupported