Career Overlap Occupation record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
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Where a youth worker can go next

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

Youth workers support, accompany and counsel young people, focusing on their personal and social development. They are involved in managing community projects and services through one-to-one or group-based activities. Youth workers can be volunteers or paid professionals who facilitate non-formal and informal learning processes. They are engaged in a large spectrum of activities by, with and for young people.

Professionals 73 skills on file 5 career moves 5 above 60% overlap Closest: education welfare officer, 77%

education welfare officer 77% covered residential home young people… 74% covered mental health support worker 71% covered social worker 71% covered residential home adult care w… 70% covered youth worker You are here
Fig. 2 — the 5 nearest destinations from youth worker. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a youth worker already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

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

Note

How these figures were compiled

Coverage is the share of the target role’s weighted skill requirement a youth worker already meets, counting required skills in full and supplementary ones at 0.35. 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.