Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a social pedagogue can go next

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a social pedagogue already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Social pedagogues provide care, support, and education to children and young persons with different backgrounds or capabilities. They develop educational processes for young persons to be in charge of their own experiences, using a multi-disciplinary approach set to the learning experience. Social pedagogues contribute to the individuals' learning, welfare, and societal inclusion, and put an emphasis on building self-reliance.

Also known as social outreach worker, practitioner in social pedagogy, community social pedagogue, community education practitioner, qualified social pedagogue, social pedagogy practitioner, social pedagogy project worker, cultural animator, social educator, community educator, social pedagogue cultural animation, social pedagogy team worker.

Professionals 60 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: drug and alcohol addiction counsellor, 58%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
drug and alcohol addiction co… 58% covered bereavement counsellor 56% covered sexual violence counsellor 55% covered marriage counsellor 53% covered family planning counsellor 49% covered social pedagogue You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from social pedagogue, each one a link to that move’s record. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a social pedagogue already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.

Table 2

Table 2 · What the job itself asks for

A social pedagogue needs 44 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.

Required skill Area
  • health education education
  • social pedagogy health and welfare
  • empower individuals, families and groups communication, collaboration and creativity
  • support social service users to live at home communication, collaboration and creativity
  • use pedagogic strategies for creativity communication, collaboration and creativity
  • psychological theories social sciences, journalism and information
  • determine child welfare assisting and caring
  • supervision of persons business, administration and law
  • social development health and welfare
  • conduct educational activities communication, collaboration and creativity
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a social pedagogue does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

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Social pedagogue is filed under Professionals, ISCO major group 2. The full index lists all ten groups.

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How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a social pedagogue’s work. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.