88.103
Sub-class
Social work activities without accommodation for adults, excluding older persons, living with or having a diagnosis of mental illness, learning disability or substance abuse
SDMX: R88103
Sub-class Level
1 Depth
0 Children
0 Siblings
📋 Official Classification Notes
✓ Includes
This subclass includes: - social, counselling, welfare, referral and similar services which are aimed at adults, with a diagnosis of mental illness, learning disability or substance abuse in their homes or elsewhere and carried out by government offices or by private organisations, national or local self-help organisations and by specialists providing counselling services: • visiting persons with diagnosis of mental illness, learning disability or substance abuse • day-care activities for adults with diagnosis of mental illness, learning disability or substance abuse • home assistance services for persons with diagnosis of mental illness, learning disability or substance abuse • vocational rehabilitation and habilitation activities for persons with diagnosis of mental illness, learning disability or substance abuse where the education component is limited
+ Also Includes
This subclass also includes, when providing support for adults living with or having a diagnosis of mental illness, learning disability or substance abuse : - activities of caregivers (home assistance) - homecare services - home assistance services, such as to carry out domestic tasks, rendered to persons having a diagnosis of temporary medical impairment
✗ Excludes
This subclass excludes: - funding and administration of compulsory social security programmes, see 84.30 - residential care activities for persons living with or having a diagnosis of a learning disability, mental illness or substance abuse, see 87.20 - activities similar to those described in this subclass, but including accommodation, see 87.30 - social work activities without accommodation for adults, excluding older persons, with physical disabilities, see 88.10/2 - day-care activities for children with disabilities, see 88.91
Frequently Confused With
84.30
Compulsory social security activities
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87.20 Residential care activities for persons living with or having a diagnosis of a learning disability, mental illness or substance abuse.
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87.30 Residential care activities for older persons or persons with physical disabilities
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88.91 Child day-care activities
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Who is this code for?
Verified: SEMANTIC_SECTION_MATRIXMedical practitioners
SOC 2020:2211 Common titles: Doctor, GP, Physician
Care workers and home helpers
SOC 2020:6131 Common titles: Carer, Support worker
Related Occupations
Health services and public health managers and directorsVeterinary nurses
Evidence: Representative SOC 2020 occupations for SIC Section Q (Social work activities without accommodation for adults, excluding older persons, living with or having a diagnosis of mental illness, learning disability or substance abuse).
Frequently confused with
- 84.30 — Compulsory Social Security Activities
- 87.20 — Residential Care Activities for Persons Living With or Having a Diagnosis of a Learning Disability, Mental Illness or Substance Abuse.
- 87.30 — Residential Care Activities for Older Persons or Persons With Physical Disabilities
- 88.91 — Child Day-care Activities
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Data source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) —
UK SIC 2026
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