educational psychologisttoeducational counsellor
A educational psychologist already meets 63% of what the educational counsellor role asks for. The move turns on 6 required skills not yet in the profile.
63%
43.2/ 100
1 Share of the educational counsellor role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the educational psychologist 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 educational counsellor role treats 14 of its required skills as things a educational psychologist already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- adolescent psychological development
- communicate about youth's well-being
- communicate with youth
- consult student's support system
- counsel students
- crisis intervention
What stands in the way is 6 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 28 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A educational counsellor role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a educational psychologist background worth leading with.
- already held perform educational testing management skills
- already held use psychoeducation communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held school psychology social sciences, journalism and information
- already held communicate about youth's well-being communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held counsel students communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held developmental psychology social sciences, journalism and information
All 28 carried skills, including the 14 the educational counsellor role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 21 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.
- required, not held client-centred counselling required
- required, not held counselling methods required
- required, not held liaise with educational institutions required
- optional, not held advise on learning methods optional
- optional, not held conduct educational activities optional
- optional, not held establish educational network optional
- optional, not held provide information on education financing optional
- optional, not held work in vocational school optional
- optional, not held assist students in their learning optional
- optional, not held cooperate with education professionals optional
- optional, not held maintain relations with children's parents optional
- optional, not held provide career counselling optional
- required, not held tackle issues that block academic progress required
- optional, not held provide information on study programmes optional
- required, not held monitor educational developments required
- optional, not held inspect education institutions optional
- required, not held identify education needs required
- optional, not held post-secondary school procedures optional
- optional, not held adult education optional
- optional, not held community education optional
- optional, not held primary school procedures optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a educational counsellor role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 client-centred counselling knowledge · sector specific
- 02 counselling methods knowledge · cross sector
- 03 identify education needs skill · cross sector
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 28 skills that carry over
- already held adolescent psychological development knowledge
- already held communicate about youth's well-being skill
- already held communicate with youth skill
- already held consult student's support system skill
- already held counsel students skill
- already held crisis intervention knowledge
- already held learning difficulties knowledge
- already held learning needs analysis knowledge
- already held liaise with educational staff skill
- already held listen actively skill
- already held monitor student's behaviour skill
- already held perform educational testing skill
- already held support children's wellbeing skill
- already held use psychoeducation skill
- already held apply crisis intervention skill
- already held assessment processes knowledge
- already held assist in the organisation of school events skill
- already held behavioural disorders knowledge
- already held developmental psychology knowledge
- already held education law knowledge
- already held guarantee students' safety skill
- already held liaise with educational support staff skill
- already held oversee extra-curricular activities skill
- already held psychological counselling methods knowledge
- already held psychology knowledge
- already held school psychology knowledge
- already held secondary school procedures knowledge
- already held show consideration for student's situation skill
15 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held advise on learning methods optional
- optional, not held conduct educational activities optional
- optional, not held establish educational network optional
- optional, not held post-secondary school procedures optional
- optional, not held provide information on education financing optional
- optional, not held work in vocational school optional
- optional, not held adult education optional
- optional, not held assist students in their learning optional
- optional, not held community education optional
- optional, not held cooperate with education professionals optional
- optional, not held inspect education institutions optional
- optional, not held maintain relations with children's parents optional
- optional, not held primary school procedures optional
- optional, not held provide career counselling optional
- optional, not held provide information on study programmes optional
17 held skills the educational counsellor role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role action research knowledge
- not needed by the target role carry out psychiatric assessment of child skill
- not needed by the target role communication disorders knowledge
- not needed by the target role conduct psychological research skill
- not needed by the target role consultation knowledge
- not needed by the target role diagnose education problems skill
- not needed by the target role diagnose psychiatric symptoms skill
- not needed by the target role interpret psychological tests skill
- not needed by the target role keep up-to-date with training subjects skill
- not needed by the target role monitor therapeutic progress skill
- not needed by the target role psychiatric disorders knowledge
- not needed by the target role publish academic research skill
- not needed by the target role scientific research methodology knowledge
- not needed by the target role social development knowledge
- not needed by the target role test for behavioural patterns skill
- not needed by the target role test for emotional patterns skill
- not needed by the target role write research proposals skill
6 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 client-centred counselling required
- required, not held counselling methods required
- optional, not held post-secondary school procedures optional
- optional, not held adult education optional
- optional, not held community education optional
- optional, not held primary school procedures optional
Other moves recorded from educational psychologist
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.