Legal guardian to au pair
A legal guardian already meets 33% of what the au pair role asks for. The move turns on 8 required skills not yet in the profile.
63.6/ 100
1 How much of what an au pair is expected to do is already part of a legal guardian’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 au pair role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
An au pair role treats 5 of its required skills as things a legal guardian already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- assist children in developing personal skills
- assist children with homework
- attend to children's basic physical needs
- maintain relations with children's parents
- play with children
What stands in the way is 8 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 10 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. An au pair role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a legal guardian background worth leading with.
- already held assist children with homework assisting and caring
- already held play with children 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 handle children's problems assisting and caring
- already held disability care health and welfare
All 10 carried skills, including the 5 the au pair role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 24 missing skills fall into 6 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 communicate with youth required
- still to learn entertain people required
- still to learn give constructive feedback required
- still to learn promote human rights required
- optional, not held buy groceries optional
- optional, not held demonstrate when teaching optional
- optional, not held speak different languages optional
- optional, not held support the positiveness of youths optional
- still to learn prepare sandwiches required
- still to learn supervise children required
- optional, not held carry out wound care optional
- optional, not held prepare ready-made dishes optional
- optional, not held use cooking techniques optional
- optional, not held use food preparation techniques optional
- still to learn handle chemical cleaning agents required
- optional, not held feed pets optional
- optional, not held use gardening equipment optional
- optional, not held clean rooms optional
- optional, not held clean surfaces optional
- optional, not held iron textiles optional
- still to learn workplace sanitation required
- optional, not held baby care optional
- optional, not held common children's diseases optional
- optional, not held drive vehicles optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries an au pair role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 prepare sandwiches practise this
- 02 communicate with youth practise this
- 03 entertain people 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 10 skills that carry over
- 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 maintain relations with children's parents skill
- already held play with children skill
- already held assess the development of youth skill
- already held disability care knowledge
- already held handle children's problems skill
- already held provide first aid skill
- already held support children's wellbeing skill
16 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held baby care optional
- optional, not held buy groceries optional
- optional, not held carry out wound care optional
- optional, not held feed pets optional
- optional, not held prepare ready-made dishes optional
- optional, not held use cooking techniques optional
- optional, not held use food preparation techniques optional
- optional, not held use gardening equipment optional
- optional, not held clean rooms optional
- optional, not held clean surfaces optional
- optional, not held common children's diseases optional
- optional, not held demonstrate when teaching optional
- optional, not held drive vehicles optional
- optional, not held iron textiles optional
- optional, not held speak different languages optional
- optional, not held support the positiveness of youths optional
19 held skills the au pair role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role advocate for social service users skill
- not needed by the target role apply person-centred care skill
- not needed by the target role assist individuals with disabilities in community activities skill
- not needed by the target role assist with personal administration issues skill
- not needed by the target role contribute to protecting individuals from harm skill
- not needed by the target role determine child welfare skill
- not needed by the target role family law knowledge
- not needed by the target role first aid knowledge
- not needed by the target role give advice on personal matters skill
- not needed by the target role legal requirements in the social sector knowledge
- not needed by the target role listen actively skill
- not needed by the target role maintain the trust of service users skill
- not needed by the target role older adults' needs knowledge
- not needed by the target role personal development knowledge
- not needed by the target role private law knowledge
- not needed by the target role provide in-home support for disabled individuals skill
- not needed by the target role screen clients skill
- not needed by the target role support traumatised children skill
- not needed by the target role tend to elderly people skill
3 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 workplace sanitation required
- optional, not held baby care optional
- optional, not held common children's diseases optional
Common questions about this move
Can a legal guardian become an au pair?
Yes, and it is a substantial move. A legal guardian already covers 33% of what an au pair is expected to do: 10 skills carry over, 5 of which the au pair role treats as required.
What skills does a legal guardian need to become an au pair?
8 required skills are missing, plus 16 optional ones. They fall into 6 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by communication, collaboration and creativity. The single most important is prepare sandwiches.
How hard is the move from legal guardian to au pair?
Its learning distance is 63.6 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.