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

youth workertoeducation welfare officer

A youth worker already meets 77% of what the education welfare officer role asks for. The move turns on 13 required skills not yet in the profile.

From youth worker
77%
Overlap1
To education welfare officer
66 Skills carried over
13 Required, not held
40.5 Difficulty2
Career overlap Very strong match

77%

Learning distance Real move, short list to learn

40.5/ 100

1 Share of the education welfare officer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the youth 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.

Why

Why this move works

A education welfare officer role treats 64 of its required skills as things a youth worker already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • accept own accountability
  • address problems critically
  • adhere to organisational guidelines
  • adolescent psychological development
  • advocate for social service users
  • apply anti-oppressive practices

What stands in the way is 13 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 66 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A education welfare officer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a youth worker background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held apply anti-oppressive practices assisting and caring
  • already held apply case management communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held make legislation transparent for users of social services communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held negotiate with social service stakeholders communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held negotiate with social service users communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held provide support to social services users assisting and caring

All 66 carried skills, including the 64 the education welfare officer role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 30 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.

Skill to acquire Tier
01 assisting and caring 3 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held guarantee students' safety required
  • required, not held support children's wellbeing required
  • required, not held tackle issues that block academic progress required
  • optional, not held assist children with special needs in education settings optional
  • optional, not held perform playground surveillance optional
  • optional, not held provide information on school services optional
02 communication, collaboration and creativity 3 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held consult student's support system required
  • required, not held counsel students required
  • required, not held show consideration for student's situation required
  • optional, not held cooperate with education professionals optional
  • optional, not held liaise with educational staff optional
  • optional, not held liaise with educational support staff optional
03 health and welfare 3 required
  • required, not held counselling methods required
  • required, not held crisis intervention required
  • required, not held social pedagogy required
04 education 1 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held learning difficulties required
  • optional, not held learning needs analysis optional
  • optional, not held primary school procedures optional
  • optional, not held special needs education optional
05 management skills 1 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held monitor student's behaviour required
  • optional, not held assist in the organisation of school events optional
  • optional, not held oversee extra-curricular activities optional
  • optional, not held perform educational testing optional
06 social sciences, journalism and information 1 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held behavioural disorders required
  • optional, not held developmental psychology optional
  • optional, not held psychological counselling methods optional
  • optional, not held school psychology optional

1 further area in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a education welfare officer 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 66 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held accept own accountability skill
  • already held address problems critically skill
  • already held adhere to organisational guidelines skill
  • already held adolescent psychological development knowledge
  • already held advocate for social service users skill
  • already held apply anti-oppressive practices skill
  • already held apply case management skill
  • already held apply crisis intervention 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 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 assess the development of youth 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 communicate with youth skill
  • already held company policies knowledge
  • already held conduct interview in social service skill
  • already held consider social impact of actions on service users skill
  • already held contribute to protecting individuals from harm skill
  • already held cooperate at inter-professional level skill
  • already held deliver social services in diverse cultural communities skill
  • already held demonstrate leadership in social service cases skill
  • already held develop professional identity in social work skill
  • already held develop professional network skill
  • already held empower social service users skill
  • already held follow health and safety precautions in social care practices skill
  • already held have computer literacy 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 records of work with service users skill
  • already held make legislation transparent for users of social services skill
  • already held manage ethical issues within social services 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 negotiate with social service stakeholders skill
  • already held negotiate with social service users skill
  • already held organise social work packages skill
  • already held plan social service process 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 promote the safeguarding of young people skill
  • already held provide social counselling skill
  • already held provide support to social services users skill
  • already held refer social service users 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 social work theory knowledge
  • already held support the positiveness of youths skill
  • already held tolerate stress skill
  • already held undertake continuous professional development in social work skill
  • already held work in a multicultural environment in health care skill
  • already held work within communities skill
  • already held apply person-centred care skill
  • already held protect vulnerable social service users skill
The 1 learning area not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 business, administration and law 1 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held consultation required
  • optional, not held education law optional
  • optional, not held secondary school procedures optional
17 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held assist children with special needs in education settings optional
  • optional, not held assist in the organisation of school events optional
  • optional, not held cooperate with education professionals optional
  • optional, not held developmental psychology optional
  • optional, not held education law optional
  • optional, not held learning needs analysis optional
  • optional, not held liaise with educational staff optional
  • optional, not held liaise with educational support staff optional
  • optional, not held oversee extra-curricular activities optional
  • optional, not held perform educational testing optional
  • optional, not held perform playground surveillance optional
  • optional, not held primary school procedures optional
  • optional, not held provide information on school services optional
  • optional, not held psychological counselling methods optional
  • optional, not held school psychology optional
  • optional, not held secondary school procedures optional
  • optional, not held special needs education optional
7 held skills the education welfare officer role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role communicate about youth's well-being skill
  • not needed by the target role cooperate with professionals skill
  • not needed by the target role perform street interventions in social work skill
  • not needed by the target role prepare youths for adulthood skill
  • not needed by the target role promote youth work in the local community skill
  • not needed by the target role sexual disorders knowledge
  • not needed by the target role work for public inclusion skill
14 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 behavioural disorders required
  • required, not held consultation required
  • required, not held counselling methods required
  • required, not held crisis intervention required
  • required, not held learning difficulties required
  • required, not held social pedagogy required
  • optional, not held developmental psychology optional
  • optional, not held education law optional
  • optional, not held learning needs analysis optional
  • optional, not held primary school procedures optional
  • optional, not held psychological counselling methods optional
  • optional, not held school psychology optional
  • optional, not held secondary school procedures optional
  • optional, not held special needs education optional
Index

Other moves recorded from youth worker

Full index of moves from youth 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.