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Job avoided by single English worker with dependents (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

carer

'worker with dependents' is the definition.
(a carer has people who depend on them)

I cannot understand how the rest of the clue works.

(Other definitions for carer that I've seen before include "One attending invalid" , "Raising of a siege; financial assistance" , "One with responsibility for dependent person" , "Invalid's attendant" , "One looking after an incapacitated person" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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