Midwife to art therapist
A midwife already meets 44% of what the art therapist role asks for. The move turns on 27 required skills not yet in the profile.
70.7/ 100
1 How much of what an art therapist is expected to do is already part of a midwife’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 art therapist role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
An art therapist role treats 23 of its required skills as things a midwife already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- accept own accountability
- adhere to organisational guidelines
- apply context specific clinical competences
- apply organisational techniques
- comply with legislation related to health care
- comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice
What stands in the way is 27 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 27 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. An art therapist role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a midwife background worth leading with.
- already held relaxation techniques services
- already held sociology social sciences, journalism and information
- already held educate on the prevention of illness communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held use foreign languages for health-related research communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held inform policy makers on health-related challenges communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held health care legislation business, administration and law
All 27 carried skills, including the 23 the art therapist role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 39 missing skills fall into 7 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 challenge patient behaviour by means of art required
- still to learn apply art therapy interventions required
- still to learn formulate a case conceptualisation model for therapy required
- still to learn maintain healthcare user data confidentiality required
- still to learn organise relapse prevention required
- still to learn prepare treatment plan for art therapy required
- still to learn refer healthcare users required
- still to learn use art in a therapeutic setting required
- still to learn take referred patients required
- optional, not held apply psychoanalysis optional
- optional, not held handle patient trauma optional
- optional, not held practice gestalt therapy optional
- still to learn develop educational materials on art therapy required
- still to learn enable patients to explore artworks required
- still to learn advise on healthcare users' informed consent required
- still to learn encourage healthcare user's self-monitoring required
- still to learn communicate in healthcare required
- still to learn interact with healthcare users required
- optional, not held define creative components optional
- still to learn behavioural therapy required
- still to learn human psychological development required
- still to learn cognitive psychology required
- still to learn psychological theories required
- optional, not held cognitive behavioural therapy optional
- optional, not held psychoanalysis optional
- optional, not held psychosociology optional
- optional, not held sexology optional
- optional, not held victimology optional
- still to learn techniques of practice in art therapy required
- still to learn psychopathology required
- still to learn theory of art therapy required
- optional, not held applied music therapy optional
- optional, not held neurophysiology optional
- still to learn assess art therapy sessions required
- still to learn assess the patient's therapeutic needs required
- still to learn schedule artistic activities required
- still to learn use techniques to increase patients' motivation required
1 further area in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries an art therapist role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 challenge patient behaviour by means of art practise this
- 02 develop educational materials on art therapy practise this
- 03 enable patients to explore artworks 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 27 skills that carry over
- already held accept own accountability skill
- already held adhere to organisational guidelines skill
- already held apply context specific clinical competences skill
- already held apply organisational techniques skill
- already held comply with legislation related to health care skill
- already held comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice skill
- already held contribute to continuity of health care skill
- already held deal with emergency care situations skill
- already held develop a collaborative therapeutic relationship skill
- already held educate on the prevention of illness skill
- already held ensure safety of healthcare users skill
- already held follow clinical guidelines skill
- already held health care legislation knowledge
- already held inform policy makers on health-related challenges skill
- already held listen actively skill
- already held manage healthcare users' data skill
- already held promote inclusion skill
- already held provide health education skill
- already held respond to changing situations in health care skill
- already held sociology knowledge
- already held use e-health and mobile health technologies skill
- already held work in a multicultural environment in health care skill
- already held work in multidisciplinary health teams skill
- already held pedagogy knowledge
- already held relaxation techniques knowledge
- already held use foreign languages for health-related research skill
- already held use foreign languages in patient care skill
The 1 learning area not shown above
- still to learn fine arts required
- optional, not held philosophy optional
12 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held applied music therapy optional
- optional, not held apply psychoanalysis optional
- optional, not held cognitive behavioural therapy optional
- optional, not held define creative components optional
- optional, not held handle patient trauma optional
- optional, not held practice gestalt therapy optional
- optional, not held psychoanalysis optional
- optional, not held psychosociology optional
- optional, not held neurophysiology optional
- optional, not held philosophy optional
- optional, not held sexology optional
- optional, not held victimology optional
61 held skills the art therapist role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role address problems critically skill
- not needed by the target role address side effects of menopause skill
- not needed by the target role advise on childbirth skill
- not needed by the target role advise on family planning skill
- not needed by the target role advise on pregnancies at risk skill
- not needed by the target role advise on pregnancy skill
- not needed by the target role anaesthetics knowledge
- not needed by the target role analgesics knowledge
- not needed by the target role apply acupuncture skill
- not needed by the target role assess the course of breast-feeding period skill
- not needed by the target role assist on pregnancy abnormality skill
- not needed by the target role care for the new-born infant skill
- not needed by the target role carry out treatment prescribed by doctors skill
- not needed by the target role childbirth knowledge
- not needed by the target role collect biological samples from patients skill
- not needed by the target role company policies knowledge
- not needed by the target role conduct research on reproductive medicine skill
- not needed by the target role conduct spontaneous child deliveries skill
- not needed by the target role dietetics knowledge
- not needed by the target role embryology knowledge
- not needed by the target role empathise with the woman's family during and after pregnancy skill
- not needed by the target role epidemiology knowledge
- not needed by the target role examine the new-born infant skill
- not needed by the target role female reproductive system pathology knowledge
- not needed by the target role health care occupation-specific ethics knowledge
- not needed by the target role health education knowledge
- not needed by the target role homeopathy knowledge
- not needed by the target role human anatomy knowledge
- not needed by the target role hygiene in a health care setting knowledge
- not needed by the target role lactation knowledge
- not needed by the target role microbiology-bacteriology knowledge
- not needed by the target role monitor pregnancy skill
- not needed by the target role neonatology knowledge
- not needed by the target role obstetric ultrasonography knowledge
- not needed by the target role pathology knowledge
- not needed by the target role perform antepartum fetal monitoring skill
- not needed by the target role pharmacology knowledge
- not needed by the target role phytotherapy knowledge
- not needed by the target role postpartum legal protection knowledge
- not needed by the target role postpartum period knowledge
21 further entries not listed here
16 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 techniques of practice in art therapy required
- still to learn behavioural therapy required
- still to learn human psychological development required
- still to learn psychopathology required
- still to learn theory of art therapy required
- still to learn cognitive psychology required
- still to learn fine arts required
- still to learn psychological theories required
- optional, not held applied music therapy optional
- optional, not held cognitive behavioural therapy optional
- optional, not held psychoanalysis optional
- optional, not held psychosociology optional
- optional, not held neurophysiology optional
- optional, not held philosophy optional
- optional, not held sexology optional
- optional, not held victimology optional
Other moves recorded from midwife
- maternity support worker 74% covered · moderate
- healthcare assistant 56% covered · moderate
- physiotherapy assistant 51% covered · substantial
- dental hygienist 50% covered · substantial
- dental technician 50% covered · substantial
- specialist pharmacist 49% covered · substantial
- respiratory therapy technician 49% covered · moderate
- orthoptist 47% covered · substantial
Common questions about this move
Can a midwife become an art therapist?
Yes, and it is a substantial move. A midwife already covers 44% of what an art therapist is expected to do: 27 skills carry over, 23 of which the art therapist role treats as required.
What skills does a midwife need to become an art therapist?
27 required skills are missing, plus 12 optional ones. They fall into 7 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by assisting and caring. The single most important is challenge patient behaviour by means of art.
How hard is the move from midwife to art therapist?
Its learning distance is 70.7 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.