Table 1Transition record

residential home older adult care workertosocial care worker

A residential home older adult care worker already meets 80% of what the social care worker role asks for. Every required skill of the target role is already in the profile.

From residential home older adult care worker

80%

Overlap1

To social care worker

61 Skills carried over

0 Required, not held

38 Difficulty2

adjacent 0–30

moderate 30–55

substantial 55–75

career change 75–100

this move, 38

This move: 38 of 100 · moderate

1 Share of the social care worker role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the residential home older adult care worker 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.

Table 2

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 61 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A social care worker role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a residential home older adult care worker background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area

already held assist social service users in formulating complaints assisting and caring
already held encourage social service users to preserve their independence in their daily activities assisting and caring
already held monitor service users' health information skills
already held refer service users to community resources assisting and caring
already held support service users in developing skills assisting and caring
already held support service users to use technological aids assisting and caring

All 61 carried skills, including the 59 the social care worker role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 43 missing skills fall into 10 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 17 supplementary

optional, not held apply a holistic approach in care optional
optional, not held assist children with special needs in education settings optional
optional, not held assist families in crisis situations optional
optional, not held assist with self-medication optional
optional, not held conduct foster care visits optional
optional, not held contribute to the safeguarding of children optional
optional, not held determine child welfare optional
optional, not held distribute meals to patients optional
optional, not held support individuals to adjust to physical disability optional
optional, not held support traumatised children optional
optional, not held handle children's problems optional
optional, not held implement care programmes for children optional
optional, not held provide first aid optional
optional, not held provide in-home support for disabled individuals optional
optional, not held provide social guidance over the phone optional
optional, not held supervise children optional
optional, not held support children's wellbeing optional

02 communication, collaboration and creativity 14 supplementary

optional, not held advise on housing optional
optional, not held communicate by use of interpretation services optional
optional, not held evaluate prospective foster parents optional
optional, not held support social service users at the end of life optional
optional, not held work with social service users in a group optional
optional, not held apply foreign languages in social services optional
optional, not held communicate with youth optional
optional, not held maintain relations with children's parents optional
optional, not held prepare youths for adulthood optional
optional, not held promote the safeguarding of young people optional
optional, not held provide testimony in court hearings optional
optional, not held support social service users to live at home optional
optional, not held support social service users to manage their financial affairs optional
optional, not held support the positiveness of youths optional

03 management skills 3 supplementary

optional, not held assess the development of youth optional
optional, not held address public health issues optional
optional, not held plan social service process optional

04 health and welfare 2 supplementary

optional, not held disability care optional
optional, not held disability types optional

05 information skills 2 supplementary

optional, not held assist with personal administration issues optional
optional, not held monitor children's physical development optional

06 business, administration and law 1 supplementary

optional, not held family law optional

4 further areas in the appendix

Appendix

Appendix · The rest of the record

All 61 skills that carry over

Skill Type

already held accept own accountability skill
already held adhere to organisational guidelines skill
already held advocate for social service users skill
already held apply decision making within social work skill
already held apply holistic approach within social services skill
already held apply organisational techniques skill
already held apply person-centred care skill
already held apply problem solving in social service skill
already held apply quality standards in social services skill
already held apply socially just working principles skill
already held assess social service users' situation skill
already held assist individuals with disabilities in community activities skill
already held assist social service users in formulating complaints skill
already held assist social service users with physical disabilities skill
already held build helping relationship with social service users skill
already held communicate professionally with colleagues in other fields skill
already held communicate with social service users skill
already held company policies knowledge
already held comply with legislation in social services skill
already held conduct interview in social service skill
already held contribute to protecting individuals from harm skill
already held customer service knowledge
already held deliver social services in diverse cultural communities skill
already held demonstrate leadership in social service cases skill
already held encourage social service users to preserve their independence in their daily activities skill
already held follow health and safety precautions in social care practices skill
already held involve service users and carers in care planning skill
already held legal requirements in the social sector knowledge
already held listen actively skill
already held maintain privacy of service users skill
already held maintain records of work with service users skill
already held maintain the trust of service users skill
already held manage social crisis skill
already held manage stress in the work place skill
already held meet standards of practice in social services skill
already held monitor service users' health skill
already held prevent social problems skill
already held promote inclusion skill
already held promote service users' rights skill
already held promote social change skill
already held protect vulnerable social service users skill
already held provide social counselling skill
already held refer service users to community resources skill
already held relate empathetically skill
already held report on social development skill
already held review social service plan skill
already held social justice knowledge
already held social sciences knowledge
already held support harmed social service users skill
already held support service users in developing skills skill
already held support service users to use technological aids skill
already held support social service users in skills management skill
already held support social service users with specific communication needs skill
already held support social service users' positiveness skill
already held tolerate stress skill
already held undertake continuous professional development in social work skill
already held undertake risk assessment of social service users skill
already held work in a multicultural environment in health care skill
already held work within communities skill
already held evaluate older adults' ability to take care of themselves skill
already held older adults' needs knowledge

The 4 learning areas not shown above

Skill to acquire Tier

07 handling and moving 1 supplementary

optional, not held perform cleaning duties optional

08 services 1 supplementary

optional, not held child protection optional

09 social sciences, journalism and information 1 supplementary

optional, not held adolescent psychological development optional

10 working with computers 1 supplementary

optional, not held use e-health and mobile health technologies optional

43 supplementary skills, helpful but not required

Skill to acquire Tier

optional, not held advise on housing optional
optional, not held apply a holistic approach in care optional
optional, not held assess the development of youth optional
optional, not held assist children with special needs in education settings optional
optional, not held assist families in crisis situations optional
optional, not held assist with personal administration issues optional
optional, not held assist with self-medication optional
optional, not held communicate by use of interpretation services optional
optional, not held conduct foster care visits optional
optional, not held contribute to the safeguarding of children optional
optional, not held determine child welfare optional
optional, not held disability care optional
optional, not held distribute meals to patients optional
optional, not held evaluate prospective foster parents optional
optional, not held support individuals to adjust to physical disability optional
optional, not held support social service users at the end of life optional
optional, not held support traumatised children optional
optional, not held use e-health and mobile health technologies optional
optional, not held work with social service users in a group optional
optional, not held address public health issues optional
optional, not held adolescent psychological development optional
optional, not held apply foreign languages in social services optional
optional, not held child protection optional
optional, not held communicate with youth optional
optional, not held disability types optional
optional, not held family law optional
optional, not held handle children's problems optional
optional, not held implement care programmes for children optional
optional, not held maintain relations with children's parents optional
optional, not held monitor children's physical development optional
optional, not held perform cleaning duties optional
optional, not held plan social service process optional
optional, not held prepare youths for adulthood optional
optional, not held promote the safeguarding of young people optional
optional, not held provide first aid optional
optional, not held provide in-home support for disabled individuals optional
optional, not held provide social guidance over the phone optional
optional, not held provide testimony in court hearings optional
optional, not held supervise children optional
optional, not held support children's wellbeing optional

3 further entries not listed here

0 held skills the social care worker role does not ask for

Skill Type

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 adolescent psychological development optional
optional, not held child protection optional
optional, not held disability types optional
optional, not held family law optional

Index

Other moves recorded from residential home older adult care worker

Full index of moves from residential home older adult care worker

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.