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

legal guardiantochild care coordinator

A legal guardian already meets 25% of what the child care coordinator role asks for. The move turns on 14 required skills not yet in the profile.

From legal guardian
25%
Overlap1
To child care coordinator
8 Skills carried over
14 Required, not held
72 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

25%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

72/ 100

1 Share of the child care coordinator role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the legal guardian 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 child care coordinator role treats 5 of its required skills as things a legal guardian already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • apply person-centred care
  • assist children in developing personal skills
  • determine child welfare
  • handle children's problems
  • support children's wellbeing

What stands in the way is 14 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 8 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A child care coordinator role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a legal guardian background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held play with children assisting and caring
  • already held determine child welfare assisting and caring
  • already held assist children in developing personal skills assisting and caring
  • already held handle children's problems assisting and caring
  • already held maintain relations with children's parents communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held support children's wellbeing assisting and caring

All 8 carried skills, including the 5 the child care coordinator role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 25 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 assisting and caring 6 required
  • required, not held contribute to the safeguarding of children required
  • required, not held provide after school care required
  • required, not held implement care programmes for children required
  • required, not held perform playground surveillance required
  • required, not held promote inclusion required
  • required, not held supervise children required
02 management skills 3 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held apply organisational techniques required
  • required, not held coordinate educational programmes required
  • required, not held coordinate events required
  • optional, not held assist in the organisation of school events optional
03 communication, collaboration and creativity 2 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held entertain people required
  • required, not held promote the safeguarding of young people required
  • optional, not held animate in the outdoors optional
  • optional, not held instruct in outdoor activities optional
  • optional, not held promote health and safety optional
04 information skills 2 required
  • required, not held monitor children's physical development required
  • required, not held monitor event activities required
05 services 1 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held child protection required
  • optional, not held outdoor activities optional
  • optional, not held sporting events optional
  • optional, not held recreation activities optional
06 education 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held kindergarten school procedures optional
  • optional, not held primary school procedures optional

2 further areas in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a child care coordinator 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 8 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held apply person-centred care skill
  • already held assist children in developing personal skills skill
  • already held determine child welfare skill
  • already held handle children's problems skill
  • already held support children's wellbeing skill
  • already held first aid knowledge
  • already held maintain relations with children's parents skill
  • already held play with children skill
The 2 learning areas not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 generic programmes and qualifications 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held teamwork principles optional
08 health and welfare 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held counselling methods optional
11 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held animate in the outdoors optional
  • optional, not held instruct in outdoor activities optional
  • optional, not held outdoor activities optional
  • optional, not held promote health and safety optional
  • optional, not held sporting events optional
  • optional, not held assist in the organisation of school events optional
  • optional, not held counselling methods optional
  • optional, not held kindergarten school procedures optional
  • optional, not held primary school procedures optional
  • optional, not held recreation activities optional
  • optional, not held teamwork principles optional
21 held skills the child care coordinator role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role advocate for social service users skill
  • not needed by the target role assess the development of youth skill
  • not needed by the target role assist children with homework skill
  • not needed by the target role assist individuals with disabilities in community activities skill
  • not needed by the target role assist with personal administration issues skill
  • not needed by the target role attend to children's basic physical needs skill
  • not needed by the target role contribute to protecting individuals from harm skill
  • not needed by the target role disability care knowledge
  • not needed by the target role family law knowledge
  • not needed by the target role give advice on personal matters skill
  • not needed by the target role legal requirements in the social sector knowledge
  • not needed by the target role listen actively skill
  • not needed by the target role maintain the trust of service users skill
  • not needed by the target role older adults' needs knowledge
  • not needed by the target role personal development knowledge
  • not needed by the target role private law knowledge
  • not needed by the target role provide first aid skill
  • not needed by the target role provide in-home support for disabled individuals skill
  • not needed by the target role screen clients skill
  • not needed by the target role support traumatised children skill
  • not needed by the target role tend to elderly people 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.

Skill to acquire Tier
  • required, not held child protection required
  • optional, not held outdoor activities optional
  • optional, not held sporting events optional
  • optional, not held counselling methods optional
  • optional, not held kindergarten school procedures optional
  • optional, not held primary school procedures optional
  • optional, not held recreation activities optional
  • optional, not held teamwork principles optional
Index
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.