community social workertocare home worker
A community social worker already meets 71% of what the care home worker role asks for. The move turns on 18 required skills not yet in the profile.
71%
47.3/ 100
1 Share of the care home worker role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the community social 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.
Why this move works
A care home worker role treats 44 of its required skills as things a community social worker already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- accept own accountability
- adhere to organisational guidelines
- advocate for social service users
- apply decision making within social work
- apply holistic approach within social services
- apply organisational techniques
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 44 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A care home worker role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a community social worker background worth leading with.
- already held support social service users to live at home communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held evaluate older adults' ability to take care of themselves management skills
- already held promote service users' rights communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held conduct interview in social service communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held protect vulnerable social service users assisting and caring
- already held apply problem solving in social service communication, collaboration and creativity
All 44 carried skills, including the 44 the care home worker role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 19 missing skills fall into 5 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.
- required, not held assist individuals with disabilities in community activities required
- required, not held assist social service users in formulating complaints required
- required, not held encourage social service users to preserve their independence in their daily activities required
- required, not held refer service users to community resources required
- required, not held support service users in developing skills required
- required, not held support service users to use technological aids required
- required, not held support social service users with specific communication needs required
- required, not held assist social service users with physical disabilities required
- required, not held comply with legislation in social services required
- required, not held maintain privacy of service users required
- required, not held support harmed social service users required
- optional, not held provide palliative care optional
- required, not held support social service users' positiveness required
- required, not held maintain the trust of service users required
- required, not held support social service users in skills management required
- required, not held monitor service users' health required
- required, not held undertake risk assessment of social service users required
- required, not held customer service required
- required, not held older adults' needs required
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a care home worker role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 assist individuals with disabilities in community activities skill · sector specific
- 02 assist social service users in formulating complaints skill · sector specific
- 03 customer service knowledge · sector specific
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 44 skills that carry over
- already held accept own accountability skill
- already held adhere to organisational guidelines skill
- already held advocate for social service users skill
- already held apply decision making within social work skill
- already held apply holistic approach within social services skill
- already held apply organisational techniques skill
- already held apply person-centred care skill
- already held apply problem solving in social service 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 build helping relationship with social service users skill
- already held communicate professionally with colleagues in other fields skill
- already held communicate with social service users skill
- already held company policies knowledge
- already held conduct interview in social service skill
- already held contribute to protecting individuals from harm skill
- already held deliver social services in diverse cultural communities skill
- already held demonstrate leadership in social service cases skill
- already held evaluate older adults' ability to take care of themselves skill
- already held follow health and safety precautions in social care practices skill
- already held involve service users and carers in care planning 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 meet standards of practice in social services skill
- already held prevent social problems skill
- already held promote inclusion skill
- already held promote service users' rights skill
- already held promote social change skill
- already held protect vulnerable social service users skill
- already held provide social counselling skill
- already held relate empathetically skill
- already held report on social development skill
- already held review social service plan skill
- already held social justice knowledge
- already held social sciences knowledge
- already held support social service users to live at home skill
- already held tolerate stress skill
- already held undertake continuous professional development in social work skill
- already held work in a multicultural environment in health care skill
- already held work within communities skill
1 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held provide palliative care optional
36 held skills the care home worker role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role adapt teaching to target group skill
- not needed by the target role address problems critically skill
- not needed by the target role adult education knowledge
- not needed by the target role apply anti-oppressive practices skill
- not needed by the target role apply case management skill
- not needed by the target role apply crisis intervention skill
- not needed by the target role assessment processes knowledge
- not needed by the target role build community relations skill
- not needed by the target role communication knowledge
- not needed by the target role community education knowledge
- not needed by the target role consider social impact of actions on service users skill
- not needed by the target role cooperate at inter-professional level skill
- not needed by the target role counselling methods knowledge
- not needed by the target role develop professional identity in social work skill
- not needed by the target role develop professional network skill
- not needed by the target role empower social service users skill
- not needed by the target role have computer literacy skill
- not needed by the target role make legislation transparent for users of social services skill
- not needed by the target role manage ethical issues within social services skill
- not needed by the target role manage volunteers skill
- not needed by the target role negotiate with social service stakeholders skill
- not needed by the target role negotiate with social service users skill
- not needed by the target role organise social work packages skill
- not needed by the target role perform fundraising activities skill
- not needed by the target role perform street interventions in social work skill
- not needed by the target role plan social service process skill
- not needed by the target role prepare youths for adulthood skill
- not needed by the target role provide community development services skill
- not needed by the target role provide support to social services users skill
- not needed by the target role raise awareness on local community's priorities skill
- not needed by the target role refer social service users skill
- not needed by the target role show consideration for student's situation skill
- not needed by the target role social work theory knowledge
- not needed by the target role support children's wellbeing skill
- not needed by the target role teamwork principles knowledge
- not needed by the target role write work-related reports skill
2 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- required, not held customer service required
- required, not held older adults' needs required
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.