Table 1Transition record

child care workertolegal guardian

A child care worker already meets 29% of what the legal guardian role asks for. The move turns on 12 required skills not yet in the profile.

From child care worker

29%

Overlap1

To legal guardian

12 Skills carried over

12 Required, not held

67.7 Difficulty2

adjacent 0–30

moderate 30–55

substantial 55–75

career change 75–100

this move, 67.7

This move: 67.7 of 100 · substantial

1 Share of the legal guardian role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the child care 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.

Table 2

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 12 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A legal guardian role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a child care worker background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area

already held assist children with homework assisting and caring
already held play with children assisting and caring
already held determine child welfare assisting and caring
already held assist children in developing personal skills assisting and caring
already held attend to children's basic physical needs assisting and caring
already held support traumatised children assisting and caring

All 12 carried skills, including the 2 the legal guardian role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 17 missing skills fall into 6 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, 4 supplementary

required, not held apply person-centred care required
required, not held contribute to protecting individuals from harm required
required, not held give advice on personal matters required

optional, not held assist individuals with disabilities in community activities optional
optional, not held tend to elderly people optional
optional, not held provide in-home support for disabled individuals optional
optional, not held screen clients optional

02 business, administration and law 3 required

required, not held private law required
required, not held family law required
required, not held legal requirements in the social sector required

03 communication, collaboration and creativity 3 required

required, not held advocate for social service users required
required, not held listen actively required
required, not held maintain the trust of service users required

04 health and welfare 1 required, 1 supplementary

required, not held first aid required

optional, not held older adults' needs optional

05 generic programmes and qualifications 1 required

required, not held personal development required

06 information skills 1 required

required, not held assist with personal administration issues required

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a legal guardian 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 12 skills that carry over

Skill Type

already held determine child welfare skill
already held provide first aid skill
already held assess the development of youth skill
already held assist children in developing personal skills skill
already held assist children with homework skill
already held attend to children's basic physical needs skill
already held disability care knowledge
already held handle children's problems skill
already held maintain relations with children's parents skill
already held play with children skill
already held support children's wellbeing skill
already held support traumatised children skill

5 supplementary skills, helpful but not required

Skill to acquire Tier

optional, not held assist individuals with disabilities in community activities optional
optional, not held tend to elderly people optional
optional, not held older adults' needs optional
optional, not held provide in-home support for disabled individuals optional
optional, not held screen clients optional

18 held skills the legal guardian role does not ask for

Skill Type

not needed by the target role baby care knowledge
not needed by the target role babysitting knowledge
not needed by the target role carry out wound care skill
not needed by the target role clean rooms skill
not needed by the target role common children's diseases knowledge
not needed by the target role communicate with youth skill
not needed by the target role handle chemical cleaning agents skill
not needed by the target role pedagogy knowledge
not needed by the target role plan youth activities skill
not needed by the target role prepare ready-made dishes skill
not needed by the target role prepare sandwiches skill
not needed by the target role relate empathetically skill
not needed by the target role social development knowledge
not needed by the target role supervise children skill
not needed by the target role support the positiveness of youths skill
not needed by the target role tolerate stress skill
not needed by the target role work in a multicultural environment in health care skill
not needed by the target role workplace sanitation knowledge

6 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 private law required
required, not held family law required
required, not held first aid required
required, not held legal requirements in the social sector required
required, not held personal development required
optional, not held older adults' needs optional

Index

Other moves recorded from child care worker

Full index of moves from child care 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.