Table 1Transition record

au pairtospecial educational needs assistant

A au pair already meets 29% of what the special educational needs assistant role asks for. The move turns on 15 required skills not yet in the profile.

From au pair

29%

Overlap1

To special educational needs assistant

11 Skills carried over

15 Required, not held

72.3 Difficulty2

Career overlap Distant match

29%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

72.3/ 100

adjacentmoderatesubstantialcareer change

1 Share of the special educational needs assistant role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the au pair 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

Why this move works

A special educational needs assistant role treats 8 of its required skills as things a au pair already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

assess the development of youth
assist children in developing personal skills
attend to children's basic physical needs
disability care
give constructive feedback
handle children's problems

What stands in the way is 15 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.

Table 2

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 11 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A special educational needs assistant role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a au pair background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area

already held common children's diseases health and welfare
already held assist children in developing personal skills assisting and caring
already held attend to children's basic physical needs assisting and caring
already held workplace sanitation services
already held handle children's problems assisting and caring
already held disability care health and welfare

All 11 carried skills, including the 8 the special educational needs assistant role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 36 missing skills fall into 9 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.

Skill to acquire Tier

01 communication, collaboration and creativity 4 required, 4 supplementary

required, not held assist students in their learning required
required, not held manage student relationships required
required, not held provide lesson materials required
required, not held provide teacher support required

optional, not held advise on lesson plans optional
optional, not held consult students on learning content optional
optional, not held liaise with educational support staff optional
optional, not held prepare lesson content optional

02 assisting and caring 4 required, 1 supplementary

required, not held assist students with equipment required
required, not held guarantee students' safety required
required, not held implement care programmes for children required
required, not held perform playground surveillance required

optional, not held escort students on a field trip optional

03 education 3 required, 4 supplementary

required, not held learning difficulties required
required, not held learning needs analysis required
required, not held special needs education required

optional, not held instructional strategies optional
optional, not held curriculum objectives optional
optional, not held kindergarten school procedures optional
optional, not held primary school procedures optional

04 management skills 2 required, 4 supplementary

required, not held encourage students to acknowledge their achievements required
required, not held facilitate motor skill activities required

optional, not held facilitate teamwork between students optional
optional, not held assess students optional
optional, not held organise creative performance optional
optional, not held perform classroom management optional

05 health and welfare 1 required, 4 supplementary

required, not held social development required

optional, not held development delays optional
optional, not held hearing disability optional
optional, not held mobility disability optional
optional, not held visual disability optional

06 information skills 1 required

required, not held monitor children's physical development required

3 further areas in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a special educational needs assistant role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.

Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.

Appendix

Appendix · The rest of the record

All 11 skills that carry over

Skill Type

already held assess the development of youth skill
already held assist children in developing personal skills skill
already held attend to children's basic physical needs skill
already held disability care knowledge
already held give constructive feedback skill
already held handle children's problems skill
already held support children's wellbeing skill
already held support the positiveness of youths skill
already held common children's diseases knowledge
already held maintain relations with children's parents skill
already held workplace sanitation knowledge

The 3 learning areas not shown above

Skill to acquire Tier

07 social sciences, journalism and information 2 supplementary

optional, not held behavioural disorders optional
optional, not held communication disorders optional

08 business, administration and law 1 supplementary

optional, not held secondary school procedures optional

09 working with computers 1 supplementary

optional, not held work with virtual learning environments optional

21 supplementary skills, helpful but not required

Skill to acquire Tier

optional, not held facilitate teamwork between students optional
optional, not held instructional strategies optional
optional, not held advise on lesson plans optional
optional, not held assess students optional
optional, not held behavioural disorders optional
optional, not held communication disorders optional
optional, not held consult students on learning content optional
optional, not held curriculum objectives optional
optional, not held development delays optional
optional, not held escort students on a field trip optional
optional, not held hearing disability optional
optional, not held kindergarten school procedures optional
optional, not held liaise with educational support staff optional
optional, not held mobility disability optional
optional, not held organise creative performance optional
optional, not held perform classroom management optional
optional, not held prepare lesson content optional
optional, not held primary school procedures optional
optional, not held secondary school procedures optional
optional, not held visual disability optional
optional, not held work with virtual learning environments optional

23 held skills the special educational needs assistant role does not ask for

Skill Type

not needed by the target role assist children with homework skill
not needed by the target role baby care knowledge
not needed by the target role buy groceries skill
not needed by the target role carry out wound care skill
not needed by the target role clean rooms skill
not needed by the target role clean surfaces skill
not needed by the target role communicate with youth skill
not needed by the target role demonstrate when teaching skill
not needed by the target role drive vehicles skill
not needed by the target role entertain people skill
not needed by the target role feed pets skill
not needed by the target role handle chemical cleaning agents skill
not needed by the target role iron textiles skill
not needed by the target role play with children skill
not needed by the target role prepare ready-made dishes skill
not needed by the target role prepare sandwiches skill
not needed by the target role promote human rights skill
not needed by the target role provide first aid skill
not needed by the target role speak different languages skill
not needed by the target role supervise children skill
not needed by the target role use cooking techniques skill
not needed by the target role use food preparation techniques skill
not needed by the target role use gardening equipment skill

15 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice

Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.

Skill to acquire Tier

required, not held social development required
required, not held learning difficulties required
required, not held learning needs analysis required
required, not held special needs education required
optional, not held instructional strategies optional
optional, not held behavioural disorders optional
optional, not held communication disorders optional
optional, not held curriculum objectives optional
optional, not held development delays optional
optional, not held hearing disability optional
optional, not held kindergarten school procedures optional
optional, not held mobility disability optional
optional, not held primary school procedures optional
optional, not held secondary school procedures optional
optional, not held visual disability optional

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Note

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.