Education welfare officer to learning mentor

• already held behavioural disorders knowledge
• already held communicate with youth skill
• already held consult student's support system skill
• already held counsel students skill
• already held learning difficulties knowledge
• already held learning needs analysis knowledge
• already held liaise with educational staff skill
• already held liaise with educational support staff skill
• already held listen actively skill
• already held monitor student's behaviour skill
• already held oversee extra-curricular activities skill
• already held show consideration for student's situation skill
• already held support children's wellbeing skill
• already held apply person-centred care skill
• already held assist in the organisation of school events skill
• already held cooperate with education professionals skill
• already held counselling methods knowledge
• already held developmental psychology knowledge
• already held education law knowledge
• already held guarantee students' safety skill
• already held perform playground surveillance skill
• already held primary school procedures knowledge
• already held promote the safeguarding of young people skill
• already held school psychology knowledge
• already held secondary school procedures knowledge
• already held support the positiveness of youths skill

• optional, not held assist students with their enrolment optional
• optional, not held manage resources for educational purposes optional
• optional, not held social development optional
• optional, not held action research optional
• optional, not held construct individual learning plans optional
• optional, not held identify education needs optional
• optional, not held organise projects to fill education needs optional
• optional, not held provide teacher support optional
• optional, not held psychology optional

• not needed by the target role accept own accountability skill
• not needed by the target role address problems critically skill
• not needed by the target role adhere to organisational guidelines skill
• not needed by the target role adolescent psychological development knowledge
• not needed by the target role advocate for social service users skill
• 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 apply decision making within social work skill
• not needed by the target role apply holistic approach within social services skill
• not needed by the target role apply organisational techniques skill
• not needed by the target role apply problem solving in social service skill
• not needed by the target role apply quality standards in social services skill
• not needed by the target role apply socially just working principles skill
• not needed by the target role assess social service users' situation skill
• not needed by the target role assess the development of youth skill
• not needed by the target role assist children with special needs in education settings skill
• not needed by the target role build helping relationship with social service users skill
• not needed by the target role communicate professionally with colleagues in other fields skill
• not needed by the target role communicate with social service users skill
• not needed by the target role company policies knowledge
• not needed by the target role conduct interview in social service skill
• not needed by the target role consider social impact of actions on service users skill
• not needed by the target role consultation knowledge
• not needed by the target role contribute to protecting individuals from harm skill
• not needed by the target role cooperate at inter-professional level skill
• not needed by the target role crisis intervention knowledge
• not needed by the target role deliver social services in diverse cultural communities skill
• not needed by the target role demonstrate leadership in social service cases skill
• 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 follow health and safety precautions in social care practices skill
• not needed by the target role have computer literacy skill
• not needed by the target role involve service users and carers in care planning skill
• not needed by the target role legal requirements in the social sector knowledge
• not needed by the target role maintain records of work with service users 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 social crisis skill

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Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.

• still to learn communication disorders required
• optional, not held social development optional
• optional, not held action research optional
• optional, not held psychology optional

Yes, and it is a moderate move. An education welfare officer already covers 71% of what a learning mentor is expected to do: 26 skills carry over, 13 of which the learning mentor role treats as required.

4 required skills are missing, plus 9 optional ones. They fall into 5 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by communication, collaboration and creativity. The single most important is adapt teaching to student's capabilities.

Its learning distance is 31.7 out of 100, which is the moderate band. That accounts for both how much is missing and how specialised those skills are.