Legal guardian to nanny
A legal guardian already meets 38% of what the nanny role asks for. The move turns on 8 required skills not yet in the profile.
61.5/ 100
1 How much of what a nanny 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 nanny role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A nanny role treats 8 of its required skills as things a legal guardian already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- assess the development of youth
- assist children in developing personal skills
- assist children with homework
- attend to children's basic physical needs
- handle children's problems
- maintain relations with children's parents
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. A nanny 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 8 the nanny role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 26 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 promote human rights required
- still to learn support the positiveness of youths required
- optional, not held buy groceries optional
- optional, not held assist students in their learning optional
- optional, not held demonstrate when teaching optional
- optional, not held entertain people optional
- optional, not held give constructive feedback optional
- still to learn clean surfaces required
- 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 iron textiles optional
- still to learn supervise children required
- optional, not held carry out wound care optional
- optional, not held cook pastry products optional
- optional, not held prepare ready-made dishes optional
- optional, not held prepare sandwiches optional
- optional, not held use cooking techniques optional
- optional, not held use food preparation techniques optional
- optional, not held use reheating techniques optional
- still to learn common children's diseases required
- optional, not held baby care optional
- still to learn workplace sanitation required
- optional, not held drive vehicles optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a nanny role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 clean surfaces practise this
- 02 common children's diseases study this
- 03 communicate with youth 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 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 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 disability care knowledge
- already held provide first aid skill
18 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 cook pastry products optional
- optional, not held feed pets optional
- optional, not held prepare ready-made dishes optional
- optional, not held prepare sandwiches 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 use reheating techniques optional
- optional, not held assist students in their learning optional
- optional, not held clean rooms optional
- optional, not held demonstrate when teaching optional
- optional, not held drive vehicles optional
- optional, not held entertain people optional
- optional, not held give constructive feedback optional
- optional, not held iron textiles optional
19 held skills the nanny 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 common children's diseases required
- still to learn workplace sanitation required
- optional, not held baby care optional
Common questions about this move
Can a legal guardian become a nanny?
Yes, and it is a substantial move. A legal guardian already covers 38% of what a nanny is expected to do: 10 skills carry over, 8 of which the nanny role treats as required.
What skills does a legal guardian need to become a nanny?
8 required skills are missing, plus 18 optional ones. They fall into 6 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by communication, collaboration and creativity. The single most important is clean surfaces.
How hard is the move from legal guardian to nanny?
Its learning distance is 61.5 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.