social services managertoelderly home manager
A social services manager already meets 79% of what the elderly home manager role asks for. The move turns on 12 required skills not yet in the profile.
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1 Share of the elderly home manager role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the social services manager 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 elderly home manager role treats 53 of its required skills as things a social services manager already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- adhere to organisational guidelines
- advocate for others
- advocate for social service users
- analyse community needs
- apply decision making within social work
- apply holistic approach within social services
What stands in the way is 12 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 70 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A elderly home manager role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a social services manager background worth leading with.
- already held organise operations of residential care services management skills
- already held communicate with others who are significant to service users communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held organise facility activities management skills
- already held strategies for handling cases of elder abuse health and welfare
- already held tend to elderly people assisting and caring
- already held coordinate care management skills
All 70 carried skills, including the 53 the elderly home manager role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 23 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.
- required, not held address problems critically required
- required, not held liaise with colleagues required
- required, not held represent the organisation required
- required, not held work in a multicultural environment in health care required
- optional, not held maintain the trust of service users optional
- required, not held evaluate social work program's impact required
- required, not held perform risk analysis required
- required, not held undertake continuous professional development in social work required
- required, not held company policies required
- required, not held business management principles required
- optional, not held healthcare administration optional
- required, not held psychology required
- required, not held social justice required
- required, not held establish daily priorities required
- optional, not held plan allocation of space optional
- optional, not held apply change management optional
- optional, not held evaluate older adults' ability to take care of themselves optional
- optional, not held manage accounts optional
- optional, not held recruit personnel optional
- optional, not held palliative care optional
- optional, not held geriatrics optional
2 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a elderly home manager role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 company policies knowledge · sector specific
- 02 evaluate social work program's impact skill · sector specific
- 03 address problems critically skill · cross sector
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 70 skills that carry over
- already held adhere to organisational guidelines skill
- already held advocate for others skill
- already held advocate for social service users skill
- already held analyse community needs skill
- already held apply decision making within social work skill
- already held apply holistic approach within social services skill
- already held apply quality standards in social services skill
- already held apply socially just working principles skill
- already held budgetary principles knowledge
- already held build business relationships skill
- already held build helping relationship with social service users skill
- already held carry out social work research skill
- already held communicate professionally with colleagues in other fields skill
- already held communicate with social service users skill
- already held comply with legislation in social services skill
- already held consider economic criteria in decision making skill
- already held cooperate at inter-professional level skill
- already held coordinate care 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 evaluate staff performance in social work skill
- already held financial management knowledge
- already held follow health and safety precautions in social care practices skill
- already held implement marketing strategies skill
- already held influence policy makers on social service issues skill
- already held legal requirements in the social sector knowledge
- already held maintain records of work with service users skill
- already held manage budgets skill
- already held manage budgets for social services programs skill
- already held manage ethical issues within social services skill
- already held manage fundraising activities skill
- already held manage government funding skill
- already held manage health and safety standards skill
- already held manage social crisis skill
- already held manage staff skill
- already held monitor regulations in social services skill
- already held organisational policies knowledge
- already held organise operations of residential care services skill
- already held perform public relations skill
- already held personnel management knowledge
- already held prevent social problems skill
- already held promote social awareness skill
- already held promote social change skill
- already held provide safeguarding to individuals skill
- already held relate empathetically skill
- already held report on social development skill
- already held review social service plan skill
- already held set organisational policies skill
- already held show intercultural awareness skill
- already held social sciences knowledge
- already held use person-centred planning skill
- already held work within communities skill
- already held accept own accountability skill
- already held apply person-centred care skill
- already held assess social service users' situation skill
- already held communicate with others who are significant to service users skill
- already held contribute to protecting individuals from harm skill
- already held disability care knowledge
- already held government social security programmes knowledge
- already held involve service users and carers in care planning skill
- already held listen actively skill
- already held manage stress in the work place skill
- already held older adults' needs knowledge
- already held organise facility activities skill
- already held oversee quality control skill
- already held promote inclusion skill
- already held strategies for handling cases of elder abuse knowledge
- already held support social service users in skills management skill
- already held tend to elderly people skill
The 2 learning areas not shown above
- optional, not held assist social service users with physical disabilities optional
- optional, not held communication principles optional
11 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held healthcare administration optional
- optional, not held palliative care optional
- optional, not held plan allocation of space optional
- optional, not held apply change management optional
- optional, not held assist social service users with physical disabilities optional
- optional, not held communication principles optional
- optional, not held evaluate older adults' ability to take care of themselves optional
- optional, not held geriatrics optional
- optional, not held maintain the trust of service users optional
- optional, not held manage accounts optional
- optional, not held recruit personnel optional
44 held skills the elderly home manager role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role adolescent psychological development knowledge
- not needed by the target role advise on social security benefits skill
- not needed by the target role apply conflict management skill
- not needed by the target role apply organisational techniques skill
- not needed by the target role apply strategic thinking skill
- not needed by the target role assess the development of youth skill
- not needed by the target role build community relations skill
- not needed by the target role child protection knowledge
- not needed by the target role communicate about youth's well-being skill
- not needed by the target role communicate with youth skill
- not needed by the target role conduct interview in social service skill
- not needed by the target role contribute to the safeguarding of children skill
- not needed by the target role develop professional network skill
- not needed by the target role develop social security programmes skill
- not needed by the target role ensure compliance with policies skill
- not needed by the target role ensure public safety and security skill
- not needed by the target role government policy implementation knowledge
- not needed by the target role handle children's problems skill
- not needed by the target role health care system knowledge
- not needed by the target role impact of social contexts on health knowledge
- not needed by the target role implement care programmes for children skill
- not needed by the target role liaise with local authorities skill
- not needed by the target role maintain relations with children's parents skill
- not needed by the target role maintain relations with local representatives skill
- not needed by the target role maintain relationships with government agencies skill
- not needed by the target role manage a social work unit skill
- not needed by the target role manage administrative systems skill
- not needed by the target role manage emergency procedures skill
- not needed by the target role manage government policy implementation skill
- not needed by the target role manage health and safety skill
- not needed by the target role meet standards of practice in social services skill
- not needed by the target role pedagogy knowledge
- not needed by the target role plan shifts of employees skill
- not needed by the target role plan social service process skill
- not needed by the target role present reports skill
- not needed by the target role promote the safeguarding of young people skill
- not needed by the target role protect client interests skill
- not needed by the target role provide improvement strategies skill
- not needed by the target role public housing legislation knowledge
- not needed by the target role respond to enquiries skill
4 further entries not listed here
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 company policies required
- required, not held business management principles required
- required, not held psychology required
- required, not held social justice required
- optional, not held healthcare administration optional
- optional, not held palliative care optional
- optional, not held communication principles optional
- optional, not held geriatrics 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.