Bereavement counsellor to social pedagogue
A bereavement counsellor already meets 52% of what the social pedagogue role asks for. The move turns on 18 required skills not yet in the profile.
60.9/ 100
1 How much of what a social pedagogue is expected to do is already part of a bereavement counsellor’s work. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs, because moving into a speciality is not the same problem as moving out of one. 2 Every skill the social pedagogue role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A social pedagogue role treats 26 of its required skills as things a bereavement counsellor already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- accept own accountability
- apply quality standards in social services
- apply socially just working principles
- assess social service users' situation
- communicate professionally with colleagues in other fields
- communicate with social service users
What stands in the way is 18 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 26 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A social pedagogue role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a bereavement counsellor background worth leading with.
- already held psychological theories social sciences, journalism and information
- already held supervision of persons business, administration and law
- already held support traumatised children assisting and caring
- already held counselling methods health and welfare
- already held cooperate at inter-professional level communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held psychology social sciences, journalism and information
All 26 carried skills, including the 26 the social pedagogue role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 34 missing skills fall into 8 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered in the order worth working in. Areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the optional ones. Nothing here is a verdict on you: it is a list of what this particular job asks for that your current one does not.
- still to learn conduct educational activities required
- still to learn empower individuals, families and groups required
- still to learn use pedagogic strategies for creativity required
- still to learn communicate with youth required
- still to learn prepare youths for adulthood required
- still to learn promote the safeguarding of young people required
- still to learn support social service users to live at home required
- still to learn support the positiveness of youths required
- optional, not held communicate by use of interpretation services optional
- optional, not held cooperate with professionals optional
- optional, not held apply foreign languages in social services optional
- optional, not held communicate about youth's well-being optional
- still to learn apply person-centred care required
- still to learn determine child welfare required
- still to learn support children's wellbeing required
- optional, not held assist children with special needs in education settings optional
- optional, not held work for public inclusion optional
- still to learn social development required
- still to learn social pedagogy required
- optional, not held disability care optional
- optional, not held social mediation optional
- optional, not held disability types optional
- still to learn health education required
- still to learn pedagogy required
- optional, not held community education optional
- optional, not held special needs education optional
- still to learn apply holistic approach within social services required
- optional, not held monitor children's physical development optional
- optional, not held use learning strategies optional
- still to learn assess the development of youth required
- optional, not held plan youth activities optional
- optional, not held support sport activities in education optional
2 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a social pedagogue role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 apply holistic approach within social services practise this
- 02 apply person-centred care practise this
- 03 assess the development of youth practise this
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 26 skills that carry over
- already held accept own accountability 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 communicate professionally with colleagues in other fields skill
- already held communicate with social service users skill
- already held cooperate at inter-professional level skill
- already held counselling methods knowledge
- already held deliver social services in diverse cultural communities skill
- already held demonstrate leadership in social service cases skill
- already held follow health and safety precautions in social care practices 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 manage social crisis skill
- already held manage stress in the work place skill
- already held promote social change skill
- already held psychological theories knowledge
- already held psychology knowledge
- already held relate empathetically skill
- already held report on social development skill
- already held social justice knowledge
- already held social sciences knowledge
- already held supervision of persons knowledge
- already held support traumatised children skill
- already held undertake continuous professional development in social work skill
The 2 learning areas not shown above
- still to learn adolescent psychological development required
- optional, not held theatre pedagogy optional
16 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held theatre pedagogy optional
- optional, not held assist children with special needs in education settings optional
- optional, not held communicate by use of interpretation services optional
- optional, not held cooperate with professionals optional
- optional, not held disability care optional
- optional, not held plan youth activities optional
- optional, not held social mediation optional
- optional, not held support sport activities in education optional
- optional, not held apply foreign languages in social services optional
- optional, not held communicate about youth's well-being optional
- optional, not held community education optional
- optional, not held disability types optional
- optional, not held monitor children's physical development optional
- optional, not held special needs education optional
- optional, not held use learning strategies optional
- optional, not held work for public inclusion optional
20 held skills the social pedagogue role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role behavioural therapy knowledge
- not needed by the target role build helping relationship with social service users skill
- not needed by the target role client-centred counselling knowledge
- not needed by the target role cognitive behavioural therapy knowledge
- not needed by the target role encourage counselled clients to examine themselves skill
- not needed by the target role have emotional intelligence skill
- not needed by the target role help clients cope with grief skill
- not needed by the target role help clients make decisions during counselling sessions skill
- not needed by the target role human psychological development knowledge
- not needed by the target role maintain a non-emotional involvement skill
- not needed by the target role maintain the trust of service users skill
- not needed by the target role organise relapse prevention skill
- not needed by the target role perform therapy sessions skill
- not needed by the target role promote human rights skill
- not needed by the target role promote inclusion skill
- not needed by the target role provide social counselling skill
- not needed by the target role refer social service users skill
- not needed by the target role reflexion knowledge
- not needed by the target role respond to individuals' extreme emotions skill
- not needed by the target role stages of bereavement knowledge
11 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- still to learn social development required
- still to learn adolescent psychological development required
- still to learn health education required
- still to learn pedagogy required
- still to learn social pedagogy required
- optional, not held theatre pedagogy optional
- optional, not held disability care optional
- optional, not held social mediation optional
- optional, not held community education optional
- optional, not held disability types optional
- optional, not held special needs education optional
Common questions about this move
Can a bereavement counsellor become a social pedagogue?
Yes, and it is a substantial move. A bereavement counsellor already covers 52% of what a social pedagogue is expected to do: 26 skills carry over, 26 of which the social pedagogue role treats as required.
What skills does a bereavement counsellor need to become a social pedagogue?
18 required skills are missing, plus 16 optional ones. They fall into 8 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by communication, collaboration and creativity. The single most important is apply holistic approach within social services.
How hard is the move from bereavement counsellor to social pedagogue?
Its learning distance is 60.9 out of 100, which is the substantial band. That accounts for both how much is missing and how specialised those skills are.
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.