animal assisted therapisttodance therapist
A animal assisted therapist already meets 32% of what the dance therapist role asks for. The move turns on 11 required skills not yet in the profile.
32%
68.8/ 100
1 Share of the dance therapist role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the animal assisted therapist profile. Required skills count in full, supplementary skills at 0.35. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. 2 Combines what is missing with how specialised it is, so a gap of general skills scores easier than the same number of narrow ones.
Why this move works
A dance therapist role treats 5 of its required skills as things a animal assisted therapist already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- assess the patient's therapeutic needs
- develop a collaborative therapeutic relationship
- listen actively
- maintain healthcare user data confidentiality
- provide health education
What stands in the way is 11 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 12 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A dance therapist role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a animal assisted therapist background worth leading with.
- already held evaluation of psychological performance social sciences, journalism and information
- already held assess the patient's therapeutic needs information skills
- already held handle patient trauma assisting and caring
- already held work with healthcare users' social network communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held maintain healthcare user data confidentiality assisting and caring
- already held develop a collaborative therapeutic relationship communication, collaboration and creativity
All 12 carried skills, including the 5 the dance therapist role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 25 missing skills fall into 7 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered below in the order worth working in: the areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the supplementary ones.
- required, not held develop codified movements required
- required, not held harmonise body movements required
- required, not held perform dances required
- required, not held develop creative ideas required
- required, not held write work-related reports required
- optional, not held plan choreographic improvisation optional
- required, not held have emotional intelligence required
- optional, not held ensure safety of healthcare users optional
- optional, not held comply with legislation related to health care optional
- optional, not held empathise with the healthcare user optional
- optional, not held perform musical improvisations in therapy optional
- required, not held psychological theories required
- optional, not held eating disorders optional
- optional, not held psychology optional
- optional, not held psychotherapy principles optional
- required, not held dance therapy required
- optional, not held autism optional
- optional, not held human physiology optional
- required, not held observe healthcare users required
- optional, not held apply risk management in sports optional
- optional, not held diagnose mental disorders optional
- required, not held inspire enthusiasm for dance required
- optional, not held be a role model in community arts optional
- optional, not held develop methods for choreographic integration optional
1 further area in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a dance therapist role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 dance therapy knowledge · sector specific
- 02 develop codified movements skill · sector specific
- 03 harmonise body movements skill · sector specific
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 12 skills that carry over
- already held assess the patient's therapeutic needs skill
- already held develop a collaborative therapeutic relationship skill
- already held listen actively skill
- already held maintain healthcare user data confidentiality skill
- already held provide health education skill
- already held apply organisational techniques skill
- already held contribute to continuity of health care skill
- already held evaluation of psychological performance knowledge
- already held handle patient trauma skill
- already held respond to changing situations in health care skill
- already held use communication techniques skill
- already held work with healthcare users' social network skill
The 1 learning area not shown above
- required, not held link between dance and music style required
14 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held apply risk management in sports optional
- optional, not held autism optional
- optional, not held be a role model in community arts optional
- optional, not held develop methods for choreographic integration optional
- optional, not held diagnose mental disorders optional
- optional, not held eating disorders optional
- optional, not held ensure safety of healthcare users optional
- optional, not held plan choreographic improvisation optional
- optional, not held comply with legislation related to health care optional
- optional, not held empathise with the healthcare user optional
- optional, not held human physiology optional
- optional, not held perform musical improvisations in therapy optional
- optional, not held psychology optional
- optional, not held psychotherapy principles optional
18 held skills the dance therapist role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role animal behaviour knowledge
- not needed by the target role animal therapy knowledge
- not needed by the target role assistive instruments knowledge
- not needed by the target role behavioural therapy knowledge
- not needed by the target role control animal movement skill
- not needed by the target role deal with emergency care situations skill
- not needed by the target role human psychological development knowledge
- not needed by the target role instruct animals for therapy purposes skill
- not needed by the target role interact with healthcare users skill
- not needed by the target role palliative care knowledge
- not needed by the target role performance diagnosis knowledge
- not needed by the target role promote animal welfare skill
- not needed by the target role recruit animal handlers skill
- not needed by the target role refer healthcare users skill
- not needed by the target role select therapy animals skill
- not needed by the target role sociology knowledge
- not needed by the target role use foreign languages for health-related research skill
- not needed by the target role use foreign languages in patient care skill
8 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- required, not held dance therapy required
- required, not held link between dance and music style required
- required, not held psychological theories required
- optional, not held autism optional
- optional, not held eating disorders optional
- optional, not held human physiology optional
- optional, not held psychology optional
- optional, not held psychotherapy principles optional
How this record was compiled
Both occupations are taken from ESCO, which lists the skills and knowledge each occupation is expected to have and marks every one required or optional. Nothing here is a prediction about hiring, and nothing here knows that a particular employer wants a particular certificate. Treat Table 3 as a starting point for your own research rather than a syllabus. The full method states what these figures can and cannot tell you.