Table 1Transition record

social workertosocial work assistant

A social worker already meets 80% of what the social work assistant role asks for. The move turns on 3 required skills not yet in the profile.

Coverage of the target role1: 80%
Skills carried over: 3821 of them required
Required, not held: 3plus 11 supplementary
Difficulty2: 25.8adjacent

adjacent 0–30

moderate 30–55

substantial 55–75

career change 75–100

this move, 25.8

This move: 25.8 of 100 · adjacent

1 Share of the social work assistant 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 38 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A social work assistant 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

✓ engage with offenders assisting and caring
✓ assist families in crisis situations assisting and caring
✓ empower individuals, families and groups communication, collaboration and creativity
✓ consultation business, administration and law
✓ identify mental health issues information skills
✓ crisis intervention health and welfare

All 38 carried skills, including the 21 the social work assistant role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 14 missing skills fall into 7 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 3 required, 4 supplementary

REQ communicate professionally with colleagues in other fields skill
REQ listen actively skill
REQ work in a multicultural environment in health care skill

sup assess clients' drug and alcohol addictions skill
sup communicate by telephone skill
sup give constructive feedback skill
sup use foreign languages in patient care skill

02 social sciences, journalism and information 2 supplementary

sup adolescent psychological development knowledge
sup developmental psychology knowledge

03 assisting and caring 1 supplementary

sup comply with legislation related to health care skill

04 education 1 supplementary

sup community education knowledge

05 health and welfare 1 supplementary

sup client-centred counselling knowledge

06 management skills 1 supplementary

sup plan schedule skill

1 further area in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a social work 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 38 skills that carry over

Tier Skill Type

REQ apply person-centred care skill
REQ apply problem solving in social service skill
REQ apply quality standards in social services 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 contribute to protecting individuals from harm skill
REQ deliver social services in diverse cultural communities skill
REQ follow health and safety precautions in social care practices skill
REQ maintain records of work with service users skill
REQ manage ethical issues within social services skill
REQ manage social crisis skill
REQ meet standards of practice in social services skill
REQ plan social service process skill
REQ prevent social problems skill
REQ promote service users' rights skill
REQ protect vulnerable social service users skill
REQ provide social counselling skill
REQ provide support to social services users skill
REQ relate empathetically skill
REQ review social service plan skill
sup apply crisis intervention skill
sup apply holistic approach within social services skill
sup assist families in crisis situations skill
sup communication knowledge
sup conduct interview in social service skill
sup consultation knowledge
sup counselling methods knowledge
sup crisis intervention knowledge
sup develop professional identity in social work skill
sup empower individuals, families and groups skill
sup empower social service users skill
sup engage with offenders skill
sup identify mental health issues skill
sup legal requirements in the social sector knowledge
sup promote inclusion skill
sup social sciences knowledge
sup social work theory knowledge

The 1 learning area not shown above

Tier Skill to acquire Type

07 services 1 supplementary

sup health care system knowledge

11 supplementary skills, helpful but not required

Tier Skill to acquire Type

sup assess clients' drug and alcohol addictions skill
sup client-centred counselling knowledge
sup adolescent psychological development knowledge
sup communicate by telephone skill
sup community education knowledge
sup comply with legislation related to health care skill
sup developmental psychology knowledge
sup give constructive feedback skill
sup health care system knowledge
sup plan schedule skill
sup use foreign languages in patient care skill

83 held skills the social work assistant role does not ask for

Skill Type

· accept own accountability skill
· advise on conflict management skill
· advise on social security benefits skill
· advocate for social service users skill
· apply anti-oppressive practices skill
· apply case management skill
· apply decision making within social work skill
· apply socially just working principles 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 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
· consider social impact of actions on service users skill
· cooperate at inter-professional level skill
· counsel students skill
· court procedures knowledge
· demonstrate leadership in social service cases skill
· dependency on drugs knowledge
· determine child welfare skill
· disability care knowledge
· disability types knowledge
· establish collaborative relations skill
· family law knowledge
· have computer literacy skill
· involve service users and carers in care planning skill
· make legislation transparent for users of social services skill
· manage a social work unit skill
· manage volunteers skill
· migration knowledge
· negotiate with social service stakeholders skill
· negotiate with social service users skill
· older adults' needs knowledge
· organise social work packages skill

43 further entries not listed here

5 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

sup client-centred counselling knowledge
sup adolescent psychological development knowledge
sup community education knowledge
sup developmental psychology knowledge
sup health care system 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.