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Where a youth information worker can go next

2 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a youth information worker already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Youth information workers deliver youth information, guidance and counselling services in a variety of settings in order to empower young people and support their wellbeing and autonomy. They ensure that those services are accessible, resourced and welcoming for young people and run activities aimed at reaching the entire youth population, by means that are effective and appropriate for different groups and needs. Youth information workers aim to enable young people to make their own informed choices and become active citizens. They work in close partnership with other services.

Also known as youth counsellor, youth mentor, youth advisor, youth information consultant, youth information provider, youth consultant, extracurricular manager, youth information expert, field information worker, youth agent, school youth worker, youth moderator.

Professionals 35 skills on file 2 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: volunteer mentor, 19%

Fig. 2 · Career map 2 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
volunteer mentor 19% covered membership manager 17% covered youth information worker You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 2 nearest destinations from youth information worker, 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 youth information worker already covers. All 2 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step. Only 2 moves are listed. Few other occupations share enough of this job's skills for a fair comparison, and jobs that share almost all of them are left out as the same work under another name.

Table 2

Table 2 · What the job itself asks for

A youth information worker needs 35 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
  • apply quality standards in youth services assisting and caring
  • develop non-formal educational activities communication, collaboration and creativity
  • establish connections with young people assisting and caring
  • identify information needs of young people communication, collaboration and creativity
  • maintain privacy assisting and caring
  • manage youth information services communication, collaboration and creativity
  • organise information services information skills
  • provide youth information counselling assisting and caring
  • reach out to diverse youth assisting and caring
  • support the autonomy of young people assisting and caring
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

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

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Youth information worker 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 youth information worker’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.