Table 1Transition record

social workertoemployment support worker

A social worker already meets 79% of what the employment support worker role asks for. The move turns on 14 required skills not yet in the profile.

Coverage of the target role1: 79%
Skills carried over: 5454 of them required
Required, not held: 14plus 0 supplementary
Difficulty2: 35.5moderate

adjacent 0–30

moderate 30–55

substantial 55–75

career change 75–100

this move, 35.5

This move: 35.5 of 100 · moderate

1 Share of the employment support worker role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the social 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 54 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A employment support worker role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a social worker background worth leading with.

Held Skill the target role also needs Area

✓ personal development generic programmes and qualifications
✓ support social service users to manage their financial affairs communication, collaboration and creativity
✓ apply anti-oppressive practices assisting and caring
✓ apply case management communication, collaboration and creativity
✓ make legislation transparent for users of social services communication, collaboration and creativity
✓ negotiate with social service stakeholders communication, collaboration and creativity

All 54 carried skills, including the 54 the employment support worker role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 14 missing skills fall into 5 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.

Tier Skill to acquire Type

01 communication, collaboration and creativity 6 required

REQ address problems critically skill
REQ advise on training courses skill
REQ communicate professionally with colleagues in other fields skill
REQ develop professional network skill
REQ listen actively skill
REQ work in a multicultural environment in health care skill

02 business, administration and law 3 required

REQ company policies knowledge
REQ employment law knowledge
REQ job market offers knowledge

03 management skills 3 required

REQ identify skills gaps skill
REQ apply organisational techniques skill
REQ manage stress in the work place skill

04 assisting and caring 1 required

REQ adhere to organisational guidelines skill

05 social sciences, journalism and information 1 required

REQ personality development theories knowledge

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a employment support worker 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 54 skills that carry over

Tier Skill Type

REQ accept own accountability skill
REQ advocate for social service users skill
REQ apply anti-oppressive practices skill
REQ apply case management skill
REQ apply crisis intervention skill
REQ apply decision making within social work skill
REQ apply holistic approach within social services skill
REQ apply person-centred care skill
REQ apply problem solving in social service skill
REQ apply quality standards in social services skill
REQ apply socially just working principles skill
REQ assess social service users' situation skill
REQ build helping relationship with social service users skill
REQ communicate with social service users skill
REQ conduct interview in social service skill
REQ consider social impact of actions on service users skill
REQ contribute to protecting individuals from harm skill
REQ cooperate at inter-professional level skill
REQ deliver social services in diverse cultural communities skill
REQ demonstrate leadership in social service cases skill
REQ develop professional identity in social work skill
REQ empower social service users skill
REQ follow health and safety precautions in social care practices skill
REQ have computer literacy skill
REQ involve service users and carers in care planning skill
REQ legal requirements in the social sector knowledge
REQ maintain records of work with service users skill
REQ make legislation transparent for users of social services skill
REQ manage ethical issues within social services skill
REQ manage social crisis skill
REQ meet standards of practice in social services skill
REQ negotiate with social service stakeholders skill
REQ negotiate with social service users skill
REQ organise social work packages skill
REQ personal development knowledge
REQ plan social service process skill
REQ prevent social problems skill
REQ promote inclusion skill
REQ promote service users' rights skill
REQ promote social change skill
REQ protect vulnerable social service users skill
REQ provide social counselling skill
REQ provide support to social services users skill
REQ refer social service users skill
REQ relate empathetically skill
REQ report on social development skill
REQ review social service plan skill
REQ social justice knowledge
REQ social sciences knowledge
REQ social work theory knowledge
REQ support social service users to manage their financial affairs skill
REQ tolerate stress skill
REQ undertake continuous professional development in social work skill
REQ work within communities skill

0 supplementary skills, helpful but not required

Tier Skill to acquire Type

67 held skills the employment support worker role does not ask for

Skill Type

· advise on conflict management skill
· advise on social security benefits skill
· assess social work students skill
· assess the development of youth skill
· assessment processes knowledge
· assist children with special needs in education settings skill
· assist families in crisis situations skill
· assist the homeless skill
· build community relations skill
· carry out social work research skill
· child protection knowledge
· clinical social work knowledge
· communicate about youth's well-being skill
· communicate with youth skill
· communication knowledge
· consultation knowledge
· counsel students skill
· counselling methods knowledge
· court procedures knowledge
· crisis intervention knowledge
· dependency on drugs knowledge
· determine child welfare skill
· disability care knowledge
· disability types knowledge
· empower individuals, families and groups skill
· engage with offenders skill
· establish collaborative relations skill
· family law knowledge
· identify mental health issues skill
· manage a social work unit skill
· manage volunteers skill
· migration knowledge
· older adults' needs knowledge
· pedagogy knowledge
· perform street interventions in social work skill
· plan youth activities skill
· present reports skill
· promote mental health skill
· promote the safeguarding of young people skill
· promote youth work in the local community skill

27 further entries not listed here

4 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice

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

Tier Skill to acquire Type

REQ company policies knowledge
REQ employment law knowledge
REQ job market offers knowledge
REQ personality development theories knowledge

Index

Other moves recorded from social worker

Full index of moves from social 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.