Career Overlap Transition record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
Table 1Transition record

dance therapisttohealthcare assistant

A dance therapist already meets 24% of what the healthcare assistant role asks for. The move turns on 23 required skills not yet in the profile.

From dance therapist
24%
Overlap1
To healthcare assistant
9 Skills carried over
23 Required, not held
79.6 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

24%

Learning distance A rebuild

79.6/ 100

1 Share of the healthcare assistant role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the dance 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

Why this move works

A healthcare assistant role treats 9 of its required skills as things a dance therapist already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • apply organisational techniques
  • comply with legislation related to health care
  • contribute to continuity of health care
  • develop a collaborative therapeutic relationship
  • empathise with the healthcare user
  • ensure safety of healthcare users

What stands in the way is 23 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 9 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A healthcare assistant role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a dance therapist background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held develop a collaborative therapeutic relationship communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held respond to changing situations in health care management skills
  • already held contribute to continuity of health care assisting and caring
  • already held provide health education communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held empathise with the healthcare user assisting and caring
  • already held ensure safety of healthcare users assisting and caring

All 9 carried skills, including the 9 the healthcare assistant role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 37 missing skills fall into 8 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 12 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held convey medical routine information required
  • required, not held accept own accountability required
  • required, not held advise on healthcare users' informed consent required
  • required, not held work in multidisciplinary health teams required
  • required, not held work with nursing staff required
  • required, not held communicate with nursing staff required
  • required, not held educate on the prevention of illness required
  • required, not held inform policy makers on health-related challenges required
  • required, not held interact with healthcare users required
  • required, not held support nurses required
  • required, not held work in a multicultural environment in health care required
  • required, not held work under supervision in care required
  • optional, not held communicate in foreign languages with health service providers optional
  • optional, not held use foreign languages for health-related research optional
  • optional, not held use foreign languages in patient care optional
02 assisting and caring 6 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice required
  • required, not held provide basic support to patients required
  • required, not held adhere to organisational guidelines required
  • required, not held deal with emergency care situations required
  • required, not held follow clinical guidelines required
  • required, not held promote inclusion required
  • optional, not held assist in the administration of medication to elderly optional
  • optional, not held distribute meals to patients optional
  • optional, not held support individuals to adjust to physical disability optional
03 information skills 3 required
  • required, not held monitor basic patients signs required
  • required, not held identify abnormalities required
  • required, not held manage healthcare users' data required
04 working with computers 2 required
  • required, not held use e-health and mobile health technologies required
  • required, not held have computer literacy required
05 health and welfare 5 supplementary
  • optional, not held disability care optional
  • optional, not held disability types optional
  • optional, not held geriatrics optional
  • optional, not held older adults' needs optional
  • optional, not held sterilization techniques optional
06 handling and moving 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held perform cleaning duties optional

2 further areas in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a healthcare 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 9 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held apply organisational techniques skill
  • already held comply with legislation related to health care skill
  • already held contribute to continuity of health care skill
  • already held develop a collaborative therapeutic relationship skill
  • already held empathise with the healthcare user skill
  • already held ensure safety of healthcare users skill
  • already held listen actively skill
  • already held provide health education skill
  • already held respond to changing situations in health care skill
The 2 learning areas not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 management skills 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held evaluate older adults' ability to take care of themselves optional
08 working with machinery and specialised equipment 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held use technical equipment for sterilisation optional
14 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held assist in the administration of medication to elderly optional
  • optional, not held disability care optional
  • optional, not held distribute meals to patients optional
  • optional, not held support individuals to adjust to physical disability optional
  • optional, not held communicate in foreign languages with health service providers optional
  • optional, not held disability types optional
  • optional, not held evaluate older adults' ability to take care of themselves optional
  • optional, not held geriatrics optional
  • optional, not held older adults' needs optional
  • optional, not held perform cleaning duties optional
  • optional, not held sterilization techniques optional
  • optional, not held use foreign languages for health-related research optional
  • optional, not held use foreign languages in patient care optional
  • optional, not held use technical equipment for sterilisation optional
28 held skills the healthcare assistant role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role apply risk management in sports skill
  • not needed by the target role assess the patient's therapeutic needs skill
  • not needed by the target role autism knowledge
  • not needed by the target role be a role model in community arts skill
  • not needed by the target role dance therapy knowledge
  • not needed by the target role develop codified movements skill
  • not needed by the target role develop creative ideas skill
  • not needed by the target role develop methods for choreographic integration skill
  • not needed by the target role diagnose mental disorders skill
  • not needed by the target role eating disorders knowledge
  • not needed by the target role evaluation of psychological performance knowledge
  • not needed by the target role handle patient trauma skill
  • not needed by the target role harmonise body movements skill
  • not needed by the target role have emotional intelligence skill
  • not needed by the target role human physiology knowledge
  • not needed by the target role inspire enthusiasm for dance skill
  • not needed by the target role link between dance and music style knowledge
  • not needed by the target role maintain healthcare user data confidentiality skill
  • not needed by the target role observe healthcare users skill
  • not needed by the target role perform dances skill
  • not needed by the target role perform musical improvisations in therapy skill
  • not needed by the target role plan choreographic improvisation skill
  • not needed by the target role psychological theories knowledge
  • not needed by the target role psychology knowledge
  • not needed by the target role psychotherapy principles knowledge
  • not needed by the target role use communication techniques skill
  • not needed by the target role work with healthcare users' social network skill
  • not needed by the target role write work-related reports skill
5 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
  • optional, not held disability care optional
  • optional, not held disability types optional
  • optional, not held geriatrics optional
  • optional, not held older adults' needs optional
  • optional, not held sterilization techniques optional
Index

Other moves recorded from dance therapist

Full index of moves from dance therapist

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.